hugga

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ʏkːa

Verb

hugga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative huggaði, supine huggað)

  1. (with accusative) to comfort
    Ég hugga mig við það að hann þjáðist ekki.
    I console myself with that that he didn't suffer.
    Hún huggaði hann eftir að pabbi hans dó.
    She comforted him after the death of his father.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫggva, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną.

Verb

hugga

  1. to hew, chop

Conjugation
Conjugation of hugga (strong)
present past
infinitive hugga —
participle huggandi, huggande huggin
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk hugger huggi, hugge — hiō hioggi, hiogge
þū hugger huggi, hugge hugg hiōt hioggi, hiogge
han hugger huggi, hugge — hiō hioggi, hiogge
vīr huggum, huggom huggum, huggom huggum, huggom hioggum, hioggom hioggum, hioggom
īr huggin huggin huggin hioggin hioggin
þēr hugga huggin — hioggu, hioggo hioggin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk huggs huggis, hugges — hiōs hioggis, hiogges
þū huggs huggis, hugges — hiōts hioggis, hiogges
han huggs huggis, hugges — hiōs hioggis, hiogges
vīr huggums, -oms huggums, huggoms — hioggums, hioggoms hioggums, hioggoms
īr huggins huggins — hioggins hioggins
þēr huggas huggins — hioggus, hioggos hioggins

Descendants
  • Swedish: hugga

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hugga, from Old Norse hǫggva, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kowH-.

Pronunciation
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Verb

hugga (present hugger, preterite högg, supine huggit, imperative hugg)

  1. to strike with something sharp (to cut into pieces, sculpt, damage, or for any other purpose); to stab, to cut, to hew, to chop, to fell (trees), to carve (sculpt)
    Han högg honom i armen med kniven
    He stabbed him in the arm with the knife
    Han högg av honom armen med macheten
    He chopped his arm off with the machete
    Han högg ner ett träd
    He cut down a tree
    Han högg ved
    He chopped wood
    Han högg ut en krokodil ur stenen
    He sculpted a crocodile out of the rock
    Han högg med kniven i luften
    He was stabbing with the knife in the air
  2. to (forcefully) attack with a sharp body part, like teeth or claws, most commonly of biting
    Vargen högg honom i benet
    The wolf bit his leg
    Vargen högg med käftarna i luften
    The wolf was snapping its jaws (biting repeatedly) in the air
    Örnen högg honom i armen med klorna
    The eagle sank its talons into his arm
  3. (by extension) to forcefully grab
    Han högg tag i hans arm
    He grabbed his arm
    Han högg tag i geväret
    He grabbed his rifle
  4. (impersonal, often with till to express suddenness and short duration) to (suddenly) hurt
    Det högg till i sidan
    I felt a sting in my side

Usage notes

"Hugga i bitar" = "cut to pieces" and the like makes it sensible to include "cut" as a translation, though the intuition isn't of a glancing strike.

Conjugation
Conjugation of hugga (class 2 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive hugga huggas
Supine huggit huggits
Imperative hugg —
Imper. plural1 huggen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative hugger högg huggs, hugges höggs
Ind. plural1 hugga höggo huggas höggos
Subjunctive2 hugge högge hugges högges
Participles
Present participle huggande
Past participle huggen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

See also

References
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