Old English · noun
hyge
Normalised hyġe
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxy.je/[ˈhy.je]
- Syllables
- ˈxy · je (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- inclinationmood
Meaning
-
thought, mind, mood, desire, inclination
Forþon is mīn hyġe ġeomor.
Therefore my thought is sad. (‘The Wife's Lament’)
Declension
All forms (2)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hugi, cognate with Old Saxon hugi, Old High German hugu, hugi, Old Norse hugr, Modern Norwegian hug, Modern Swedish håg, Gothic (hugs).
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