Höggva

Old Icelandic Dictionary - höggva

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "höggva" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

höggva Old Icelandic word can mean:

höggva
(høgg; hjó, hjoggum or hjuggum; höggvinn and högginn), v.
höggva
1) to strike, smite (with a sharp weapon);
höggva
høggr sá, er hlífa skyldi, he strikes who ought to shield;
höggva
~ sverði (or með sverði), to strike with a sword;
höggva
~ e-n bana-högg, to give one his deathblow;
höggva
2) to cut down, destroy (þeir hjoggu drekann mjök);
höggva
3) to put to death, behead (suma lét hann hengja eða ~);
höggva
to kill, slaughter (~ hest, búfé, kýr, naut);
höggva
4) to fell trees (hann hefir höggvit í skógi mínum);
höggva
5) to strike, bite (of a snake, boar);
höggva
ormrinn hjó hann til bana, the snake struck him dead;
höggva
6) with preps.:
höggva
~ e-t af, to hew or cut off (~ af kampa ok skegg);
höggva
~ af fé, to kill (slaughter) cattle;
höggva
~ e-t af sér, to ward of;
höggva
~ eptir e-m, to cut at one, = ~ til e-s (hjá eptir honum með sverði);
höggva
~ í höfuð e-m, to give one a blow on the head;
höggva
~ e-t niðr, to cut down (var merki hans niðr höggvit);
höggva
to kill, butcher (I. hefir áðr niðr höggvit brœðr sína tvá);
höggva
~ e-t ór, to cut out;
höggva
fig. to make even, smooth (láta konung ok erkibisup ór ~ slíkar greinir);
höggva
~ e-t í sundr, to hew asunder;
höggva
~ til e-s, to strike (cut) at one, = ~ eptir e-m;
höggva
~ upp tré, to cut down a tree;
höggva
~ upp skip, to break a ship up;
höggva
7) refl. to be cut, hacked (hjást skjöldr Helga);
höggva
þótti honum nú taka mjök um at ~st, things looked hard;
höggva
recipr., to exchange blows, fight (þeir hjuggust nökkura stund).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚴᚴᚢᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-t
eitthvat.
e-m
einhverjum.
e-s
einhvers.

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