hamingja

English

Noun

hamingja (plural hamingjas)

1. (Norse mythology) A female guardian angel in Norse mythology, believed to accompany a person and decide their luck and happiness.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hamingja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːmiɲca/

Noun

hamingja f (genitive singular hamingju, no plural)

1. happiness
2. luck, fortune

Declension

declension of hamingja

f-w1	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	hamingja	hamingjan
accusative	hamingju	hamingjuna
dative	hamingju	hamingjunni
genitive	hamingju	hamingjunnar

Synonyms

• (happiness): sæla
• (luck): gæfa, heill, gifta

Derived terms

• hamingjulaus (“luckless”)
• hamingjusamur (“lucky; happy”)
• til hamingju

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

hamingja f

1. luck

Declension

  Declension of hamingja (weak jōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hamingja	hamingjan	hamingjur	hamingjurnar
accusative	hamingju	hamingjuna	hamingjur	hamingjurnar
dative	hamingju	hamingjunni	hamingjum	hamingjunum
genitive	hamingju	hamingjunnar	hamingja	hamingjanna

Synonyms

• gæfa

Descendants

• Icelandic: hamingja
• Danish: hamingje

References

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