hugr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hugiz, whence also Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃 (hugs), Old English hyġe, Old High German hugu, Dutch heug.

Noun

hugr m

1. thought

Declension

  Declension of hugr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hugr	hugrinn	hugir	hugirnir
accusative	hug	huginn	hugi	hugina
dative	hug	huginum	hugum	hugunum
genitive	hugar	hugarins	huga	huganna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hugur
• Faroese: hugur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hug
• Old Swedish: hugher, hogher
  • Swedish: hug c, håg c
• Old Danish: hugh
  • Danish: hu c, (dialectal) hov c

References

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