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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *hrewwjaz, related to the verb *hrewwaną (“to cause regret”). Cognate with English rue.
Adjective
hryggur (comparative hryggari, superlative hryggastur)
- sad, regretful, sorrowful, woeful
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positive (strong declension)
positive (weak declension)
superlative (strong declension)
superlative (weak declension)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse hryggr.
Noun
hryggur m (genitive singular hryggjar, nominative plural hryggir)
- (anatomy) the spine, the back
- 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson
Krummi krunkar úti,
kallar á nafna sinn:
„Ég fann höfuð af hrúti
hrygg og gæruskinn.“
Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
krummi nafni minn.- “Krummi croaks outside,
calling his namesake:
‘I found the head of a ram,
backbone and sheepskin.’
Come now and peck with me,
Krummi, my namesake.”
- (landscape) a ridge
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