Icelandic

Adjective

hryggur ‎(comparative hryggari, superlative hryggastur)

1. sad, regretful, sorrowful, woeful

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hryggr.

Noun

hryggur m ‎(genitive singular hryggjar, nominative plural hryggir)

1. (anatomy) the spine, the back
   • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson

     Krummi krunkar úti,

     kallar á nafna sinn:

     „Ég fann höfuð af hrúti

     hrygg og gæruskinn.“

     Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,

     krummi nafni minn.

     “Krummi croaks outside,

     calling his namesake:

     ‘I found the head of a ram,

     backbone and sheepskin.’

     Come now and peck with me,

     Krummi, my namesake.”

2. (landscape) a ridge

Declension

Synonyms

• (ridge): fjallsás