hamingja

English

Noun

hamingja (plural hamingjas)

  1. (Norse mythology) A female guardian angel in Norse mythology, believed to accompany a person and decide their luck and happiness.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hamingja.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhaːmiɲca/

Noun

hamingja f (genitive singular hamingju, no plural)

  1. happiness
  2. luck, fortune

Declension
declension of hamingja
f-w1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative hamingja hamingjan
accusative hamingju hamingjuna
dative hamingju hamingjunni
genitive hamingju hamingjunnar

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

hamingja f

  1. luck

Declension
  Declension of hamingja (weak jōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hamingja hamingjan hamingjur hamingjurnar
accusative hamingju hamingjuna hamingjur hamingjurnar
dative hamingju hamingjunni hamingjum hamingjunum
genitive hamingju hamingjunnar hamingja hamingjanna

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Icelandic: hamingja
  • Danish: hamingje

References
  • “hamingja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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