Happ
Old Norse Dictionary - happ
Meaning of Old Norse word "happ"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word happ can mean:happ
- happ
- n. [cp. Engl. hap, happy], good luck, but with the notion of hap, chance, as is well said in the ditty, hamingjan býr í hjarta manns | höpp eru ytri gæði, Núm. 2. 87; þá varð minna happit en ek vilda, Fms. i. 182; happa fullting, ‘hap-help,’ Deus ex machina, vi. 165; happ sótti þik nú en brátt mun annat, gættu at þér verði þat eigi at úhappi, Landn. 146; til happs ok heilla sátta (allit.), for good hap and health, Grág. ii. 21: in the saying, sá skal hafa happ er hlotið hefir, Eb. 24; úhapp, mishap.
- happ
- COMPDS: happadrjúgr, happamikill, happaráð, happaverk, happauðigr, happfróðr, happlauss, happsamr, happskeytr, happmildr, happsnauðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᛒᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)