Hyggja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - hyggja

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "hyggja" in English.

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

hyggja Old Icelandic word can mean:

hyggja: I)

hyggja: (hygg, hugða, hugðr and hugaðr), v.

hyggja: 1) to think, believe;

hyggja: hugðu þó mjök sér hvárir-tveggju, they were of different opinions;

hyggja: 2) to guess;

hyggja: fár hyggr þegjanda þörf, few can guess the needs of him that is silent;

hyggja: 3) to intend, purpose (sóknargögn þau, er hann hugði fram at fœra);

hyggja: mæla fagrt, ok flátt ~, to speak fair and mean false;

hyggja: mæla hugat (af hugðu), to speak sincerely;

hyggja: 4) ~ e-m e-t, to intend a thing for one, to have in store for one (þóttist þann vita, at honum mundi slíkr kostr hugaðr);

hyggja: ~ e-m vel, to be well disposed towards a person;

hyggja: ~ e-u illa, to be ill pleased with;

hyggja: ok munu þau vel ~ (they will be glad), er þau hafa akrinn;

hyggja: 5) with preps.:

hyggja: ~ af e-u, to leave off thinking about, forget or drop (~ af harmi, heimsku);

hyggja: ~ af um leitina, to give up the search;

hyggja: ~ at e-u, to attend to, mind, look at;

hyggja: konungr hugði vandliga at manninum, the king looked closely at the man;

hyggja: ~ á e-t, to think of (~ á flótta);

hyggja: ef hann á grið hygði, if he thought of any breach of faith;

hyggja: ~ fyrir e-u, to look to, take heed to (hygg nú svá fyrir hag þínum);

hyggja: ~ til e-s, to look forward to with pleasure, etc. (hversu hyggr þú til at deyja? gott hygg ek til bana míns);

hyggja: ~ um e-t, to think about a thing;

hyggja: ~ um með e-m, to deliberate with one about a thing;

hyggja: 6) refl., ~st, to think;

hyggja: hyggst þú betr gøra munu? thinkst thou thou canst do it better? ~st fyrir, to hesitate;

hyggja: hyggst vætr hvatr fyrir, a valiant man flinches for nought.

hyggja: II)

hyggja: f. thought, mind, opinion.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚴᚴᛁᛅ

Abbreviations used:

e-t: eitthvat.

e-m: einhverjum.

e-u: einhverju.

e-s: einhvers.

etc.: et cetera.

f.: feminine.

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