Noun: hryggur
Gender: m
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | hryggur |
| Sg. Def. | hryggurinn |
| Pl. Indef. | hryggir |
| Pl. Def. | hryggirnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | hryggjar; hryggs |
| Sg. Def. | hryggjarins; hryggsins |
| Pl. Indef. | hryggja |
| Pl. Def. | hryggjanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | hrygg |
| Sg. Def. | hryggnum |
| Pl. Indef. | hryggjum |
| Pl. Def. | hryggjunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | hrygg |
| Sg. Def. | hrygginn |
| Pl. Indef. | hryggi |
| Pl. Def. | hryggina |
Sample Sentences
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„Ég fann höfuð af hrúti
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hrygg og gæruskinn.“
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Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér, (“Krummi croaks outside,
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calling his namesake:
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‘I found the head of a ram,
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backbone and sheepskin.’
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Come now and peck with me,
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Krummi, my namesake.”) [1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson Krummi krunkar úti, kallar á nafna sinn]
Nouns inflected like hryggur
sekkur,
framhandleggur,
lærleggur,
rennibekkur,
handleggur,
ljósabekkur,
vefur,
hryggur,
leggur,
fótleggur,
bekkur,
kekkur,
varamannabekkur,
veggur,
rykkur,
reykur,
Etymology
From Old Norse hryggr. See: Old Norse Nouns '
hryggr'.
Verbs referencing "hryggur"
English Nouns
ridge.
Translations