Hugsan

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hugsan

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hugsan" in Norwegian.

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

hugsan: hugsan, f. 1) Tænken, Betænken, Over-veielse; nökkuru síðarr tók hann vit síttok kom á hugsan (dvs. kom til Efter-tanke) ok þóttist eigi vita, hvat ráðstaka skyldi Mar. 905; allr heimr hefiraf henni hlotit svá mikla giptu, semeigi má auga sjá ok eigi eyra heyraok engis manns hjarta hugsan á komaMar. 17229; jvf Flat. I, 24433; fyrirþessa hugsan alla jafnsaman gaf Ólafikonungi at skilja, at - Flat. I, 20635;bera hugsan fyrir e-u dvs. tænke over noget, gjøre sig nogen Mening om noget,Sturl. I, 2078. 18; vár hugsan ok ástun-dan er sú iðuligarr, er sálinni hagartil mikils háska (end at have de him-melske Ting for Øie) Alex. 1639. 2) hvadet Menneske tænker, mener. Post. 9514. 20(jvf 959. 13); hér em ek í annarri hugsandvs. i dette Tilfælde, derom er jeg af enanden Mening, Sturl. II, 2127.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚢᚵᛋᛆᚿ
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:

f.: Feminin.

lat.: latinsk.

s.: substantiv.

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