hryggur

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈr̥ɪkːʏr/ Rhymes: -ɪkːʏr === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *hrewwjaz, related to the verb *hrewwaną (“to cause regret”). Cognate with English rue. ==== Adjective ==== hryggur (comparative hryggari, superlative hryggastur) sad, regretful, sorrowful, woeful ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse hryggr. ==== Noun ==== hryggur m (genitive singular hryggjar or (uncommon except in compounds, sometimes proscribed) hryggs, nominative plural hryggir) (anatomy) the spine, the back 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson (landscape) a ridge Synonym: fjallsás ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== mjóhryggur