hyggja

hyggja (third person singular past indicative hugdi, third person plural past indicative hugdu, supine hugt)

1. to see, to look
2. to tour, to view

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪcːa/

  Rhymes: -ɪcːa

From Old Norse hyggja, from Proto-Germanic *hugjaną.

hyggja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hugði, supine hugað)

1. to think
2. (with preposition að) to take a look at, examine

From Old Norse hyggja, from Proto-Germanic *hugjǭ, related to hyggja (verb), hugur and hugi.

hyggja f (genitive singular hyggju, nominative plural hyggjur)

1. (usually uncountable) thought, mind
2. (uncountable) sense, wits
3. (suffix) -ism, used for creating neologisms for ideologies

• áhyggja
• umhyggja
• (-ism): forræðishyggja (“paternalism”), þjóðernishyggja (“nationalism”), auðvaldshyggja (“capitalism”), frjálshyggja (“liberalism”)

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

From Old Norse hyggja (“to think”), from Proto-Germanic *hugjaną (“to think, reconsider”).

• IPA^(key): [²hʏɟ͡ʝːɑ], [²hʏʝːɑ]

hyggja (present tense hyggjer, past tense hygde, supine hygd or hygt, past participle hygd, present participle hyggjande, imperative hygg)

1. to make (someone) comfortable or cheerful; entertain
2. to sense
3. (reflexive) to have a good time, enjoy oneself

   I helga skal me berre hyggja oss

   This weekend we will simply enjoy ourselves

   Hyggja seg med god mat

   To enjoy good food

4. to like

   Lat han få den som han hyggjer mest

   Let him get the one he likes the most

hyggja f (definite singular hyggja, indefinite plural hyggjer or hyggjor, definite plural hyggjene or hyggjone)

1. definite singular of hyggje
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of hyggje

• “hyggja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *hugjaną.

hyggja

1. to think, believe

   hyggðu, Heiðrekr, at gátu!

   Think, Heiðrekr, on the riddle!

2. to guess, ween
3. (ditransitive) to intend or purpose something for one

• fullhyggja
• hyggjandi
• samhyggja

• hugi m
• hugr m

From Proto-Germanic *hugjǭ.

hyggja f

1. thought, mind, opinion

• athyggja
• áhyggja
• fyrirhyggja
• meginhyggja
• umhyggja
• undirhyggja
• vanhyggja

• “hyggja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press