hamingja

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English

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Noun

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hamingja (plural hamingjas)

  1. (Norse mythology) A female guardian angel in Norse mythology, believed to accompany a person and decide their luck and happiness.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hamingja.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hamingja f (genitive singular hamingju, no plural)

  1. happiness
  2. luck, fortune

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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Noun

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hamingja f

  1. luck

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: hamingja
  • Danish: hamingje

References

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