Höggva

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

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary