hryggr

== Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz. Cognate with Old English hryċġ (English ridge), Old High German rucki. ==== Noun ==== hryggr m (genitive hryggjar, plural hryggir) (anatomy) backbone, spine (landform) a ridge ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== ==== Further reading ==== Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hryggr1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive === Etymology 2 === Compare with hryggva, hryggja. ==== Adjective ==== hryggr (comparative hryggvari, superlative hryggvastr) afflicted, grieved, sad ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: hryggur ==== Further reading ==== Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hryggr2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 212; also available at the Internet Archive