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.

2. temp., hingat til, hitherto, 619. 73.

B. COMPDS: hingatburðr, hingatferð, hingatflutningr, hingatkváma, hingatspaning.