hryggr

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz. Cognate with Old English hryċġ (English ridge), Old High German rucki.

Noun

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hryggr m (genitive hryggjar, plural hryggir)

  1. (anatomy) backbone, spine
  2. (landform) a ridge
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: hryggur
  • Faroese: ryggur
  • Norn: rygg
  • Norwegian: rygg
  • Jamtish: rygg
  • Elfdalian: rygg
  • Old Swedish: rygger
  • Old Danish: ryg
  • Gutnish: rygg

References

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  • hryggr1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

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Compare with hryggva, hryggja.

Adjective

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hryggr (comparative hryggvari, superlative hryggvastr)

  1. afflicted, grieved, sad
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References

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  • hryggr2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hryggr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.