Hryggr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - hryggrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "hryggr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
hryggr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- hryggr
- I)
- hryggr
- (-jar, -ir), m.
- hryggr
- 1) backbone, spine;
- hryggr
- 2) ridge, mountain-ridge.
- hryggr
- II)
- hryggr
- (acc. -van), a. afflicted, grieved, sad; er þér hryggt í hug, art thou heavy of heart?.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᚢᚴᚴᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- acc.
- accusative.
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