Hryggja

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hryggja

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hryggja" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

hryggja: hryggja eller hryggva, v. (gð) 1) bedrøve,gjøre en bedrøvet (hryggr). Flat. I,5129; Band. 123; Heilag. II, 64430;ekki hryggja mik hót þín Gunl. 9 (2386);þat mundi mik æ ok æ hryggja (&vlhryggvan gera) Klm. 48118; þá urðumvér allir hryggvir, ok hann vildi þateigi láta hryggja hugi óra, ok mælti:- Post. 35022; upers. ryggr þar Malka-brez, þá er - dvs. m. bliver bedrøvet,da - El. 793 jvf &vl; seg mér oklát þik eigi hryggja (dvs. og vær ikkebedrøvet) Völs. 13916 (c. 25); hryggjastv. r. blive bedrøvet, mods. gleðjast Stj.9522; hrygðust þeir ok hörmuðu, erþeir höfðu svá úvarliga skilizt viðÓlaf konung Flat. I, 5008. 2) givenogen Udseende af at være bedrøvet;skolo þér alls við leita at hryggvaandlit yðor ok segja þá andlát míttMork. 99; jvf Flat. I, 31820.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚱᛦᚵᚵᛁᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

c.: Capitel.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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