Ugga
Old Norse Dictionary - uggaMeaning of Old Norse word "ugga" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
ugga Old Norse word can mean:
- ugga
- pres. uggi; pret. uggði; subj. yggði; imperat. uggi; part. uggat:—to fear, suspect, apprehend; ugga e-n, uggi eigi þú (fear thou not) Isungs-bana, Hkv. 1. 20; eigi uggi ek bræðr þína, Fas. i. 289; kann vera at þeir uggi oss, Rd. 226; ef maðr uggiR. eigi andvitni mót, Gþl. 475; ugga sér e-t, to apprehend; ef hann yggði sér áljót eðr fjörrán, Grág. i. 493; þeir uggðu alls ekki at sér, to apprehend no danger, be off one’s guard, Nj. 252, Fms. i. 117, Ld. 262; er þat ugganda (gerund.), it is to be feared, Fms. ii. 286, xi. 98; þeim er ugganda (hugganda Cod.), at, = ‘metuendum est, ne,’ Hom. 13: with infin., ugga, at viðinn mundi skorta, Fms. vii. 97.
- ugga
- 2. impers., mik uggir, at …, it fears me, I fear that …, Ísl. ii. 146; hitt mik uggir hann komi eigi aptr heill, Skíða R.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚴᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Cod.
- Codex.
- imperat.
- imperative.
- infin.
- infinitive.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- part.
- participle.
- pres.
- present.
- pret.
- preterite.
- subj.
- subjunctive.
- v.
- vide.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- pers.
- person.
- R.
- Rimur.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.