All Scandinavian languages: Hugga?

[chobalsim]

"Hug" comes from the Scandinavian word hugga, "to comfort."

I heard the languages of Norway, Sweden, and Demark have closed related. The text says hugga is a Scandinavian word. Then, how can I read it? Should I read "hu" as "who" and "gga" as "garden," or "hu" as "human" and "gga" as "garden?" Are both of them wrong?

 

[maree]

I would pronounce it as "who", but I'm not an expert in old Nordic, so this is just a guess.

 

[chobalsim]

Thank you, maree.
I hope your guess is right.

 

[Lemminkäinen]

I agree with maree. In addition, the stress is on the first syllable.

 

[chobalsim]

Thank you, Lemminkainen.

 

[Hakro]

I agree about the pronunciation, although there are small variations. I'd say that in Finland's Swedish it's pronounced like who but in Sweden's Swedish closer to human.

Besides, according to my dictionary (Swedish-Finnish), to confort = hugna and hugga = to chop, to hack, to hew etc.

 

[Etcetera]

My vote goes for "who".
I don't know much about Scandinavian, but I used to take Old English classes, and Old English had close relations with Scandinavian.

 

[Hakro]

There are also variations in the pronunciation of "who". Some people pronounce the vowel like the French ou but others pronounce it closer to English you.

 

[Etcetera]

There are also variations in the pronunciation of "who". Some people pronounce the vowel like the French ou but others pronounce it closer to English you.

I pronounce it just the way it's indicated in Oxford dictionary. More like the French ou, I guess.

 

[Lemminkäinen]

I pronounce it just the way it's indicated in Oxford dictionary. More like the French ou, I guess.

But then you wouldn't get the 'h' sound.

As in Swedish, hugge means 'to chop' in Norwegian, interestingly enough.

 

[Etcetera]

But then you wouldn't get the 'h' sound.

I was speaking about the vowel only. Of course I pronounce this 'h'.

 

[Lugubert]

"Hug" comes from the Scandinavian word hugga, "to comfort."

I heard the languages of Norway, Sweden, and Demark have closed related. The text says hugga is a Scandinavian word. Then, how can I read it? Should I read "hu" as "who" and "gga" as "garden," or "hu" as "human" and "gga" as "garden?" Are both of them wrong?

The proposed hugga must be pretty archaic. I know of no contemporary similar word with a similar meaning. Anyway, "hu" as "human" should be impossible. Judging from modern Norwegian and Swedish, the u might be a central vowel, not too dissimilar from an Indo-European schwa, probably not IPA but perhaps somewhere around [u] to [œ].

 

[Spectre scolaire]

This discussion seems to have gone way beyond what chobalsim asked for in the first place:

"Hug" comes from the Scandinavian word hugga, "to comfort."

If English hug according to most dictionaries – with some reservation, however! – comes from Old Norse hugga, I’d say that Icelandic hugga necessarily is the same world. The term “Scandinavian”, by the way, is far too vague.

I found this poem on http://www.alwaysontherun.net/sigur.htm:

Bíum bíum bambaló,
Bambaló og dillidillidó
Vini mínum vagga ég í ró
En úti biður andlit á glugga
​

Þegar fjöllin fimbulhá
fylla brjóst þitt heitri þrá,
Leika skal ég langspil á –
Það mun þinn hugan hugga
​

--which ibidem is translated as:

Bíum bíum bambaló [nonsense words, sort of like 'rock-a-by baby' in English]
Bambaló og dillidillidó [nonsense words, sort of like 'rock-a-by baby' in English]
My little friend I lull to rest
But outside, a face looms at the window
​

When the mighty mountains
fill your chest with burning desire,
I will play the langspil [violin-fiddle-like instrument]
and soothe your mind
​

Nice, eh? The square brackets in the translation are not mine!

With a smattering of Old English and Old Norse, it is not too difficult to make sense out of this. Especially with a translation.

 

[elipez]

In danish "hugge" means to steal........
Maybe we need some context??

 

[sigjak]

Hugge (noun) and hugga (verb) are not any more in common use in Norway, they come from the Old Norwegian and I have found them in a Nynorsk diccionary (Nynorsk="New Norwegian", the second official language of Norway, mostly used on the west coast and in some inland areas of Southern Norway).
Hugge (noun) = comfort, consolation
Hugga or Hugge (verb) = calm down, pacify, but can also mean cheer, gladden.

 

[Aleco]

I think this "Hugga" of yours may be the "Hygge". "Å hygge seg", means to have a great time, actually
But not a great time, as in fun, but more "cozy"

 

[sigjak]

In Nynorsk we also have the noun "hug" (=mind; heart, soul) and the verbs "huge" (=desire) and "hugse"/"komme i hug" (=bear in mind, remember).
I think the noun "hygge" and the verb "hygge seg" have the same origin. "Hugnad" in Nynorsk (=delight, pleasure)

Other expressions, but not in common use:
å være huga på noe = to feel like doing sth
å hugbere = to be in love with
å huglegge = to fall in love with
å hugta = to charm, to fascinate
hugteken (adj.) = enamored, fascinated, infatuated
hugbrann = interest, passion
hugdrag = desire, inclination, interest
hugleik = fancy, imagination, playfulness
huglynne = disposition, mood, temperament
hugsam (adj.) = agreeable, pleasant (emnet er ikkje hugsamt = it is a disagreeable topic)
et hugskott = an impulse, a bright idea
hugskremt (adj.) = frightened, terrified
ei hugsnikje = a coquette, a flirt
hugsott = melancholy, unhappiness; worry