hugr
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *hugiz, whence also Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃 (hugs), Old English hyġe, Old High German hugu, Dutch heug.
Noun[edit]
hugr m
- thought, mind
- Hávamál 95 (tr. W. H. Auden and P. B. Taylor):
- Hugr einn þat veit, · er býr hjarta nær,
einn er hann sér of sefa;
ǫng er sótt verri · hveim snotrum manni
en sér engu at una.- The mind alone knows what is near the heart,
Each is his own judge:
The worst sickness for a wise man
Is to crave what he cannot enjoy.
- The mind alone knows what is near the heart,
- Hávamál 95 (tr. W. H. Auden and P. B. Taylor):
- heart (in the sense of "courage")
Declension[edit]
Declension of hugr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
References[edit]
- “hugr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press