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
  2. delight
Usage notes
Declension
Declension of hugi
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)

See also

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

Declension
declension of hugi
m-w1 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

Synonyms

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

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