hryggja

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse hryggva, hryggja, from Proto-Germanic *hrewwaną, *hriwwijaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈr̥ɪc(ː)a] Rhymes: -ɪcːa === Verb === hryggja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hryggði, supine hryggt) to sadden ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== hryggur == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === hryggva — older === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hrewwaną, *hriwwijaną. === Verb === hryggja to distress, to grieve [with accusative] to cause to look sad [with accusative] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== hrygð hryggr ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: hryggja Faroese: ryggja Norwegian Nynorsk: ryggja === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hryggja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 212; also available at the Internet Archive