hyggja

Faroese

Verb

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

Conjugation
   Conjugation of hyggja
v-19gg
infinitive hyggja
present participle hyggjandi
past participle a7 hugdur
supine hugt
number singular plural
person first second third all
indicative eg tú hann/hon/tað vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present hyggi hyggur hyggur hyggja
past hugdi hugdi hugdi hugdu
imperative – tú – tit
present — hygg! — hyggið!

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪcːa/
    Rhymes: -ɪcːa

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

hyggja f (genitive singular hyggju, nominative plural hyggjur)

  1. (usually uncountable) thought, mind
  2. (uncountable) sense, wits
Declension
declension of hyggja
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hyggja hyggjan hyggjur hyggjurnar
accusative hyggju hyggjuna hyggjur hyggjurnar
dative hyggju hyggjunni hyggjum hyggjunum
genitive hyggju hyggjunnar hyggja hyggjanna

References

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hugjaną.

Verb

hyggja

  1. to think, believe
  2. to guess
  3. (ditransitive) to intend or purpose something for one
Conjugation
Conjugation of hyggja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive hyggja
present participle hyggjandi
past participle hugðr, hugaðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular hygg hugða
2nd-person singular hyggr hugðir
3rd-person singular hyggr hugði
1st-person plural hyggjum hugðum
2nd-person plural hyggið hugðuð
3rd-person plural hyggja hugðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hyggja hygða
2nd-person singular hyggir hygðir
3rd-person singular hyggi hygði
1st-person plural hyggim hygðim
2nd-person plural hyggið hygðið
3rd-person plural hyggi hygði
imperative present
2nd-person singular hygg
1st-person plural hyggjum
2nd-person plural hyggið
Conjugation of hyggja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive hyggjask
present participle hyggjandisk
past participle hugzk, hugazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular hyggjumk hugðumk
2nd-person singular hyggsk hugðisk
3rd-person singular hyggsk hugðisk
1st-person plural hyggjumsk hugðumsk
2nd-person plural hyggizk hugðuzk
3rd-person plural hyggjask hugðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hyggjumk hygðumk
2nd-person singular hyggisk hygðisk
3rd-person singular hyggisk hygðisk
1st-person plural hyggimsk hygðimsk
2nd-person plural hyggizk hygðizk
3rd-person plural hyggisk hygðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular hyggsk
1st-person plural hyggjumsk
2nd-person plural hyggizk
Derived terms
  • fullhyggja
  • hyggjandi
  • samhyggja

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hugjǭ.

Noun

hyggja f

  1. thought, mind, opinion
Declension
  Declension of hyggja (weak jōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hyggja hyggjan hyggjur hyggjurnar
accusative hyggju hyggjuna hyggjur hyggjurnar
dative hyggju hyggjunni hyggjum hyggjunum
genitive hyggju hyggjunnar hyggna hyggnanna
Derived terms

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