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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