Styggr

Old Norse Dictionary - styggr

Meaning of Old Norse word "styggr" in English.

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

styggr Old Norse word can mean:

styggr
adj. [Dan. styg = ugly], shy, wary (= skjarr), of deer, birds, animals, which are easily startled; hann vildi höndla hann (the horse), en hann var þá svá styggr, at Einarr komsk hvergi í nánd honum, Hrafn. 7; styggr sauðr, n. G. l. i. 36; ef menn eigu haglendi saman ok styggan sauð, 38; very freq. in mod. usage, in which skjarr (q. v.) is obsolete; hlaup-s., læ-s., flótt-s., fraud-shunning; dag-styggr, ‘day-shy’ shunning light, of a dwarf; Dag-styggr, a pr. name, Landn., Sturl.
styggr
2. peevish, of temper; hvern dag er at kveldi kom görðisk hann styggr, svá at fáir menn máttu orðum við hann koma, Eg. 1; konungr görðisk styggr ok fár til hans, Fms. i. 100; Þórðr varð s. við þetta, Ld. 42; ver eigi stygg, húsfreyja, Grett. 98, Fas. iii. 244: neut., svara, mæla styggt = styggliga, Nj. 142, Fms. vi. 118, vii. 65: skap-s.

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
Dan.
Danish.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
l.
line.
L.
Linnæus.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
pr.
proper, properly.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.
neut.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Hrafn.
Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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