hamingja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hamingja.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhaːmiɲca/

Noun

hamingja f (genitive singular hamingju, no plural)

happiness
luck, fortune

Declension

declension of hamingja

	indefinite	definite
f-w1	singular
nominative	hamingja	hamingjan
accusative	hamingju	hamingjuna
dative	hamingju	hamingjunni
genitive	hamingju	hamingjunnar

Synonyms

(happiness): sæla
(luck): gæfa, heill, gifta

Derived terms

hamingjulaus (“luckless”)
hamingjusamur (“lucky; happy”)
til hamingju

Old Norse

Noun

hamingja f

luck

Synonyms

gæfa

Descendants

hamingje

References

hamingja in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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