Styggja

Old Norse Dictionary - styggja

Meaning of Old Norse word "styggja" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

styggja Old Norse word can mean:

styggja
and styggva, ð, prop. to make shy, make to run, which sense remains in the phrase, styggja sauðina (féð), to worry, start the sheep, the herd.
styggja
2. to frighten away, offend; þat sama sem fyrr gladdi oss kann nú vera at styggi oss, Fms. vi. 13; ek óttask meirr at s. veraldligt vald, H. E. i. 502; ek vil þik eigi styggva, Fms. i. 98; þú styggir Guð með svoddan sið, Pass. 34. 6.
styggja
II. reflex. to become shy, start, of sheep, horses, herds; sauðarnir stygðusk.
styggja
2. to shun, abhor; styggjask manndráp, Sks. 674 B: to shun, shirk, svá hugsterkr, at hann styggisk enga ógn, Str.
styggja
3. with prepp.; styggjask við e-t, to be offended with, Ísl. ii. 387, Ld. 52, Hom. 97: to forsake, shun, allir munu þér við mik styggvask … aldregi mun ek styggvask við þik, þóat allir styggvisk aðrir, 656 C. 4 (Matth. xxvi. 31); landsmenn stygðusk við þessu. Fs. 76:—s. í móti e-m, Bs. i. 867.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚢᚴᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

prop.
proper, properly.
reflex.
retlexive.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
Pass.
Passiu-Sálmar.
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Str.
Strengleikar. (G. II.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
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