Styggr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - styggr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "styggr" in Norwegian.

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

styggr: styggr, adj. 1) sky, som søger at undgaa Folk, ikke vil have noget med dem at gjøre; om Fæ, Rb. 10, 5. 10; hann (nl.hestrinn) var þá svá styggr, at Einarrkomst hvergi í nánd honum Hrafnk. 728;svín hurfu frá Ingimundi ok fundusteigi fyrr en annat sumar at hausti, okvóru þá saman hundrað; þau vóru styggvorðin Vatsd. 15 (2626; þeir (nl. verk-menn) fóru síðan (nl. á fjall), ok sóttistþeim seint, þvíat féit var stygt Vatsd.44 (7111). 2) studs, frastødende, uven-lig, vred; om Mennesker: ver eigi stygg,húsfreyja; engi missir skal þér í verða,þó at - Grett. 4228; var Einarr svástyggr, at þeir máttu ekki tala Sturl.I, 36226; Þórðr var pá inn styggastivið biskup Sturl. II, 1521; gjörðist kon-ungr nökkut fár ok styggr til ÓlafsFlat. I, 9117; er konungr var sagt, at-, þá varð hann styggr við Flat. II,2536; mæla styggt = mæla styggliga,Fm. VI, 11813. 3) rasende? riðr hannsvá styggr fram at merki Eiríks kon-ungs, at hann hefir báðar hendr blóð-gar til axla Fld. III, 24413.

Part of speech: adj

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛏᛦᚵᚵᚱ
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:

adj.: Adjectiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

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