hugi

See also: Hugi

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhuːwɪ]
• Rhymes: -uːwɪ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hugi (“thought, mind”).

Noun

hugi m (genitive singular huga, plural hugar)

1. mood, mind, thought
2. delight

Usage notes

• falla / renna í hugan - come into one's mind

Declension

Declension of hugi
m1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hugi	hugin	hugar	hugarnir
accusative	huga	hugan	hugar	hugarnar
dative	huga	huganum	hugum	hugunum
genitive	huga	hugans	huga	huganna

Derived terms

• áhugi (interest)
• døpurhugi (hesitancy)
• eldhugi (enthusiasm)
• meinhugi (anger)
• ovurhugi (passion)
• ræddhugi (fear)
• umhugi (care)
• varhugi (mistrust, foreboding)
• yvirhugi (passion, intensity)

See also

• hugur
• hugsan
• tanki
• tykki
• áskoðan
• fatan

Etymology 2

Verb

hugi

1. first-person singular present of huga

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hugi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʏiːjɪ/
• Rhymes: -ʏiːjɪ

Noun

hugi m (genitive singular huga, nominative plural hugar)

1. mind, thought

Declension

declension of hugi

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hugi	huginn	hugar	hugarnir
accusative	huga	hugann	huga	hugana
dative	huga	huganum	hugum	hugunum
genitive	huga	hugans	huga	huganna

Synonyms

• hugur

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hugô, ultimately of the same origin as *hugiz, whence Old Norse hugr.

Noun

hugi m

1. mind

Declension

  Declension of hugi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hugi	huginn	hugar	hugarnir
accusative	huga	hugann	huga	hugana
dative	huga	huganum	hugum	hugunum
genitive	huga	hugans	huga	huganna

Related terms

• hugr
• hyggja

Descendants

• Icelandic: hugi
• Faroese: hugi
• Norwegian Nynorsk: huge

References

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