Hugi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Hugi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 hugi

a, m. = hugr, Hbl. 21, Edda 24, Glúm. 323, Hkr. ii. 243, Stj. 5, and passim, the weak and strong forms being used almost indiscriminately both in old and mod. usage, as also in the compds, huga-góðr, huga-fullr, = hug-góðr, hug-fullr, q. v.; á-hugi, zeal; var-hugi, caution; at-hugi, attention.

2 hugi

II. a pr. name, Fms.; cp. mid. Lat. Hugo, Engl. Hugh.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᚢᚴᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
m.: masculine.
mid. Lat.: Middle Latin.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
pr.: proper.
q. v.: quod vide.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Glúm.: Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Hbl.: Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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