Hryggja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - hryggja

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "hryggja" in English.

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

hryggja Old Icelandic word can mean:

hryggja
(-ða, -ðr), v.
hryggja
1) to distress, grieve, with acc. (ekki ~ mik hót þín);
hryggja
refl., ~st, to become sad or sorrowful;
hryggja
2) to cause to look sad (h. andlit sitt).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᚢᚴᚴᛁᛅ

Abbreviations used:

acc.
accusative.

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