Hingat
Old Norse Dictionary - hingat
Meaning of Old Norse word "hingat"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hingat can mean:hingat
- hingat
- also spelt higat (Eg. 51, Nj. 227, Fms. i. 189, Stj. 27, 35) and hegat (Ísl. ii. 270, Gþl. 272), prob. only by dropping the mark of abbreviation (¯) above the line (hīgat, hēgat), as seen from old rhymes such as hingat fyrir konu bing, Eb. 73 new Ed.:—hither, Lat. huc, Íb. 5, Nj. 2, Grág. i. 189, Fms. i. 72, x. 18; hingat ok þangat, hither and thither, to and fro, viii. 39, Stj. 35, 284, Blas. 40; hón vissi löngum ekki hingat, i. e. she was in a senseless state, Bs. i. 384.
- hingat
- 2. temp., hingat til, hitherto, 619. 73.
- hingat
- B. COMPDS: hingatburðr, hingatferð, hingatflutningr, hingatkváma, hingatspaning.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᚾᚴᛅᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- prob.
- probably.
- temp.
- temporal.
Works & Authors cited:
- Blas.
- Blasius Saga. (F. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Íb.
- Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)