HUG

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Germanic 1.2 Old Norse 1.3 Old Swedish 1.4 Old Saxon 1.5 Old High German 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 Last Element Forms 6 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Ancient Germanic

*hugu- = 'mind, spirit, thought' ^[1]

Old Norse

hugr = 'mind, spirit, thought' ^{[2] [3]}
hugsi = 'thoughtful, meditative, absent-minded' ^{[4] [2]}

Old Swedish

hugher = 'mind, spirit, thought' ^[5]
hogher = 'mind, spirit, thought' ^[5]

Old Saxon

hugi = 'mind, spirit, thought' ^{[6] [1]}

Old High German

hugu = 'mind, spirit, thought' ^{[7] [1]}

Related Names

See Hugi and Hugaldr

Combinations

Name Element	Example
BJÖRN	see Hugbiǫrn
BJÖRT	see Hugiberht (German)
BORG	see Hugborg
DIS	see Hugdís
FULL	see Fullhugi
ILL	see Illhugi
LEIK	see Hugleikr (Norse) and Hygelac (English)
LJOT	see Hugljótur
LJUF	see Hugljúf
MOD	see Hugmóður
RUN	see Hugrún
ULF	see Hugiwolf (German)
VÍÐ	see Víðhugsi

First Element Forms

Hov-
Hu- Hú- Hug- Hugi- Huu-
Hy- Hyge-

Last Element Forms

-hugi -hugsi -ugi

References

1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
2. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
3. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
4. ↑ Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)
5. ↑ Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)
6. ↑ Wilhelm Schlaug: Die altsächsischen Personennamen vor dem Jahre 1000 (1962)
7. ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)