Hug-skot

Old Norse Dictionary - hug-skot

Meaning of Old Norse word "hug-skot"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

hug-skot
n. [properly either ‘mind’s-recess,’ from skot, a recess, or rather ‘mind’s-shooting,’ analogous to hugrenning]:—mind, soul; hryggt h., a bereaved mind, Sks. 24, Fms. x. 151; með réttu hugskoti, Blas. 41; hugskots-eyru, Hom. 53; hugskots hendr, 54; hugskots augu, the mind’s eye, 47, Stj. 20, 132, Rb. 380; mitt h., my mind, Fms. i. 140; fjarlægr mönnum í hugskotinu, 272; vitnisburðr hugskotsins, K. Á. 50; blindr á hugskotinu, viii. 294; at faðir hann skyldi við hans h. sem síðast verða varr, Barl. 16; hreinsa h. sitt með iðran, Hom. (St.), Thom. 9, 13; freq. in the n. T. as to render νους or νόημα, e. g. elska skaltú Drottinn Guð þinn af öllu hjarta, af allri sálu, ok af öllu hugskoti, Matth. xxii. 37, Luke i. 35, Rom. xiii. 2, 1 Cor. ii. 16, 2 Cor. iii. 14, iv. 4, xi. 5, 2 Tim. iii. 8, Tit. i. 15, Vídal. passim.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚴ-ᛋᚴᚢᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

e. g.
exempli gratia.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Barl.
Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
Blas.
Blasius Saga. (F. III.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
K. Á.
Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
N. T.
New Testament.
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Vídal.
Vídalíns-Postilla.
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