hugga

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʏkːa

Verb

hugga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative huggaði, supine huggað)

1. to comfort [with accusative]

   Ég hugga mig við það að hann þjáðist ekki.

   I console myself with that that he didn't suffer.

   Hún huggaði hann eftir að pabbi hans dó.

   She comforted him after the death of his father.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• óhuggandi

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• hogga

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫggva, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną.

Verb

hugga

1. to hew, chop

Conjugation

Conjugation of hugga (strong)

	present				past
infinitive	hugga				—
participle	huggandi, huggande				huggin
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	hugger	huggi, hugge	—		hiō	hioggi, hiogge
þū	hugger	huggi, hugge	hugg		hiōt	hioggi, hiogge
han	hugger	huggi, hugge	—		hiō	hioggi, hiogge
vīr	huggum, huggom	huggum, huggom	huggum, huggom		hioggum, hioggom	hioggum, hioggom
īr	huggin	huggin	huggin		hioggin	hioggin
þēr	hugga	huggin	—		hioggu, hioggo	hioggin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	huggs	huggis, hugges	—		hiōs	hioggis, hiogges
þū	huggs	huggis, hugges	—		hiōts	hioggis, hiogges
han	huggs	huggis, hugges	—		hiōs	hioggis, hiogges
vīr	huggums, -oms	huggums, huggoms	—		hioggums, hioggoms	hioggums, hioggoms
īr	huggins	huggins	—		hioggins	hioggins
þēr	huggas	huggins	—		hioggus, hioggos	hioggins

Descendants

• Swedish: hugga

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hugga, from Old Norse hǫggva, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kowH-.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

hugga (present hugger, preterite högg, supine huggit, imperative hugg)

1. to strike with something sharp (to cut into pieces, sculpt, damage, or for any other purpose); to stab, to cut, to hew, to chop, to fell (trees), to carve (sculpt)

   Han högg honom i armen med kniven

   He stabbed him in the arm with the knife

   Han högg av honom armen med macheten

   He chopped his arm off with the machete

   Han högg ner ett träd

   He cut down a tree

   Han högg ved

   He chopped wood

   Han högg ut en krokodil ur stenen

   He sculpted a crocodile out of the rock

   Han högg med kniven i luften

   He was stabbing with the knife in the air

2. to (forcefully) attack with a sharp body part, like teeth or claws, most commonly of biting

   Vargen högg honom i benet

   The wolf bit his leg

   Vargen högg med käftarna i luften

   The wolf was snapping its jaws (biting repeatedly) in the air

   Örnen högg honom i armen med klorna

   The eagle sank its talons into his arm

3. (by extension) to forcefully grab

   Han högg tag i hans arm

   He grabbed hold of his arm

   Han högg tag i geväret

   He grabbed hold of his rifle

4. (impersonal, often with till to express suddenness and short duration) to (suddenly) hurt

   Det högg till i sidan

   I felt a sting in my side

Usage notes

"Hugga i bitar" = "cut to pieces" and the like makes it sensible to include "cut" as a translation, though the intuition isn't of a glancing strike.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hugga (class 2 strong)

	active		passive
infinitive	hugga		huggas
supine	huggit		huggits
imperative	hugg		—
imper. plural1	huggen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	hugger	högg	huggs, hugges	höggs
ind. plural1	hugga	höggo	huggas	höggos
subjunctive2	hugge	högge	hugges	högges
present participle		huggande
past participle		huggen

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• grovhuggen
• hugga in
• huggorm (“common European adder”)
• huggsexa
• huggtand (“fang”)
• munhuggas
• skogshuggare (“lumberjack”)
• späckhuggare (“killer whale”)
• vara hugget som stucket

Related terms

• hugg

See also

• i högsta hugg
• på hugget
• rista (“carve”)
• skära (“cut”)

References

• hugga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hugga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hugga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)