Hyggja

Viking Language Dictionary - hyggja

Meaning of Old Norse / Old Icelandic word "hyggja"

hyggja
vb (3) to think, believe; hyggja at [e-u] look at, consider [sth]

Possible runic inscriptions in Younger Futhark:

  • - Long branch (Danish):ᚼᚢᚴᚴᛁᛅ
  • - Short twig (Swedish & Norwegian):ᚽᚢᚴᚴᛁᛆ

Abbreviations used:

e-u
einhverjum, einhverju ‘for somebody, something,’ dative
sth
something
vb
verb
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