hugi

See also: Hugi

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhuːwɪ]
  • Rhymes: -uːwɪ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hugi (“thought, mind”).

Noun

hugi m (genitive singular huga, plural hugar)

  1. mood, mind, thought
    falla / renna í hugan ― come into one's mind
  2. delight
Declension
m1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hugi hugin hugar hugarnir
accusative huga hugan hugar hugarnar
dative huga huganum hugum hugunum
genitive huga hugans huga huganna
Derived terms
  • áhugi (“interest”)
  • døpurhugi (“hesitancy”)
  • eldhugi (“enthusiasm”)
  • meinhugi (“anger”)
  • ovurhugi (“passion”)
  • ræddhugi (“fear”)
  • umhugi (“care”)
  • varhugi (“mistrust, foreboding”)
  • yvirhugi (“passion, intensity”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hugi

  1. first-person singular present of huga

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hugi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhʏiːjɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ʏiːjɪ

Noun

hugi m (genitive singular huga, nominative plural hugar)

  1. mind, thought
    Synonym: hugur

Declension

Declension of hugi (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hugi huginn hugar hugarnir
accusative huga hugann huga hugana
dative huga huganum hugum hugunum
genitive huga hugans huga huganna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hugô, ultimately of the same origin as *hugiz, whence Old Norse hugr.

Noun

hugi m

  1. mind

Declension

Declension of hugi (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hugi huginn hugar hugarnir
accusative huga hugann huga hugana
dative huga huganum hugum hugunum
genitive huga hugans huga huganna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hugi
  • Faroese: hugi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: huge

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hugi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hugiz, Cognate with Old English hyġe, Old Norse hugr.

Noun

hugi m

  1. mind, thought

Declension

hugi (masculine i-stem)
singular plural
nominative hugi hugi
accusative hugi hugi
genitive hugies hugiō
dative hugie hugium
instrumental — —
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