hǫfugr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *habugaz, *habīgaz.

Adjective

hǫfugr

1. heavy, difficult

Declension

    Strong declension of hǫfugr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hǫfugr	hǫfug	hǫfugt
accusative	hǫfgan	hǫfga	hǫfugt
dative	hǫfgum	hǫfugri	hǫfgu
genitive	hǫfugs	hǫfugrar	hǫfugs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hǫfgir	hǫfgar	hǫfug
accusative	hǫfga	hǫfgar	hǫfug
dative	hǫfgum	hǫfgum	hǫfgum
genitive	hǫfugra	hǫfugra	hǫfugra

    Weak declension of hǫfugr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hǫfgi	hǫfga	hǫfga
accusative	hǫfga	hǫfgu	hǫfga
dative	hǫfga	hǫfgu	hǫfga
genitive	hǫfga	hǫfgu	hǫfga
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hǫfgu	hǫfgu	hǫfgu
accusative	hǫfgu	hǫfgu	hǫfgu
dative	hǫfgum	hǫfgum	hǫfgum
genitive	hǫfgu	hǫfgu	hǫfgu

    Declension of comparative of hǫfugr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hǫfgari	hǫfgari	hǫfgara
accusative	hǫfgara	hǫfgari	hǫfgara
dative	hǫfgara	hǫfgari	hǫfgara
genitive	hǫfgara	hǫfgari	hǫfgara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hǫfgari	hǫfgari	hǫfgari
accusative	hǫfgari	hǫfgari	hǫfgari
dative	hǫfgurum	hǫfgurum	hǫfgurum
genitive	hǫfgari	hǫfgari	hǫfgari

    Strong declension of superlative of hǫfugr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hǫfgastr	hǫfgust	hǫfgast
accusative	hǫfgastan	hǫfgasta	hǫfgast
dative	hǫfgustum	hǫfgastri	hǫfgustu
genitive	hǫfgasts	hǫfgastrar	hǫfgasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hǫfgastir	hǫfgastar	hǫfgust
accusative	hǫfgasta	hǫfgastar	hǫfgust
dative	hǫfgustum	hǫfgustum	hǫfgustum
genitive	hǫfgastra	hǫfgastra	hǫfgastra

    Weak declension of superlative of hǫfugr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hǫfgasti	hǫfgasta	hǫfgasta
accusative	hǫfgasta	hǫfgustu	hǫfgasta
dative	hǫfgasta	hǫfgustu	hǫfgasta
genitive	hǫfgasta	hǫfgustu	hǫfgasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hǫfgustu	hǫfgustu	hǫfgustu
accusative	hǫfgustu	hǫfgustu	hǫfgustu
dative	hǫfgustum	hǫfgustum	hǫfgustum
genitive	hǫfgustu	hǫfgustu	hǫfgustu

Derived terms

• hǫfugleikr m (“heaviness”)

 

Related terms

• hefja (“to heave, to lift”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: höfugur

References

• gǫfugr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.