Uggr
Old Norse Dictionary - uggr
Meaning of Old Norse word "uggr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word uggr can mean:uggr
- uggr
- m. fear, apprehension; mér er uggr á, at …, Fms. i. 285; hræzlu-uggr, Mar.; görðisk mönnum mikill uggr á um samþykki konunganna, Fms. vi. 221, x. 410; ala ugg of e-t, Edda (in a verse); ráða af hendi mér þenna ugg, Fms. i. 84: allit., með ugg ok ótta, Phil, ii. 12.
- uggr
- 2. = Yggr, a name of Odin, Edda.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)