hugsa

From Old Norse hugsa.

hugsa (third person singular past indicative hugsaði, third person plural past indicative hugsað, supine hugsað)

1. to think, to consider
   • 1806-1807, Nólsoyar Páll, Fuglakvæðið yngra:

     Hugsaði hann um føðina, hvar hann skuldi hana fanga.

     He thought of the food, and where he should catch it.

From Old Norse hugsa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʏksa/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhʏxsa/

hugsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hugsaði, supine hugsað)

1. to think, to consider, to plan, to decide [intransitive or with accusative]

   Synonyms: hyggja, þenkja

   Ég hugsa, þess vegna er ég.

   I think therefore I am.

   Hún þarf ráðrúm til að hugsa.

   She needs time to think.

   Ég þarf að hugsa þetta mál.

   I need to think this through.

   Hann hefur aldrei hugsað út í þetta.

   He's never considered it.

   Að hugsa einhverjum þegjandi þörfina.

   To plan to get even with someone.

   Ég er hálfvegis að hugsa um það.

   I have more or less decided to do it.

2. to believe, to guess

   Synonym: álíta

   Ég hugsa það.

   I guess so.

• hugur
• hugi

• hugse (e-infinitive)
• huss (non-standard spelling, Trøndelag dialect)

From Old Norse hugsa. Attested as hokse by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his dictionary of Spydeberg dialect

• IPA^(key): /²hʊksa/
• (Trøndersk) IPA^(key): /hʉsː/

hugsa (present tense hugsar, past tense hugsa, past participle hugsa, passive infinitive hugsast, present participle hugsande, imperative hugsa/hugs)

1. to remember

   Hugsar du kven dette er?

   Do you remember who this is?

• “hugsa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Maybe related to hugr, which itself is derived from a Proto-Germanic word of uncertain origin.

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hugsa (singular past indicative hugsaði, plural past indicative hugsuðu, past participle hugsaðr)

1. to think, to consider
   • c. 1300s, Unknown, Völsunga saga:

     Sigurðr svarar: "Góðr vinr, heyr, hvat ek hugsa.…"

     Sigurd answers: "Good friend, hear what I am thinking of.…"

• Icelandic: hugsa
• Faroese: hugsa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hugsa
• Old Danish: huxe
  • Danish: huske
    • Norwegian Bokmål: huske
• Old Swedish: huxa
  • Swedish: hågsa, håksa
    • → Finnish: hoksata
      • dialectal Finnish: hokata
    • → Ingrian: hoksata (possibly via Finnish)
    • → Karelian: hokšata (possibly via Finnish)