Hugi
Old Norse Dictionary - hugi
Meaning of Old Norse word "hugi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hugi can mean:hugi
- 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.
- hugi
- II. a pr. name, Fms.; cp. mid. Lat. Hugo, Engl. Hugh.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- Lat.
- Latin.
- mid. Lat.
- middle Latin.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Hbl.
- Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)