hryggleikr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From hryggr +‎ -leikr.

Noun

hryggleikr m

  1. affliction, grief, sorrow
    Synonym: hrygð

Declension

References

  • hryggleikr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press