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hugga

hugga

Icelandic

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

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Derived terms


Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Verb

hugga

  1. to hew, chop

Conjugation

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Descendants


Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

hugga

  1. to slash, to cut

Conjugation

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