"hamingja" meaning in Old Norse

See hamingja in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From an earlier *ham-gengja (“that which goes around in a case or wrapping”), composed of the same elements underlying hamr (“skin, shape”) + ganga (“to go, walk”) (see also gengi (“luck, help”)). Hamingjas were "shapewalker" guardian spirits in Norse mythology who would accompany people and determine their luck. Etymology templates: {{af|non|hamr|ganga|t1=skin, shape|t2=to go, walk}} hamr (“skin, shape”) + ganga (“to go, walk”) Head templates: {{head|non|nouns|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} hamingja f, {{non-noun|f}} hamingja f Inflection templates: {{non-decl-f-jon|haming}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=hamingjurnar|api=hamingjur|asd=hamingjuna|asi=hamingju|dpd=hamingjunum|dpi=hamingjum|dsd=hamingjunni|dsi=hamingju|g=feminine|gpd=hamingjanna|gpi=hamingja|gsd=hamingjunnar|gsi=hamingju|notes=|npd=hamingjurnar|npi=hamingjur|nsd=hamingjan|nsi=hamingja|stem=weak jōn-stem|title=hamingja}}, {{non-decl-cell|hamingja|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|hamingjan|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|hamingjur|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|hamingjurnar|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|hamingju|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|hamingjuna|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|hamingjur|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|hamingjurnar|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|hamingju|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|hamingjunni|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|hamingjum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|hamingjunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|hamingju|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|hamingjunnar|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|hamingja|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|hamingjanna|gpd}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], hamingja [indefinite, nominative, singular], hamingjan [definite, nominative, singular], hamingjur [indefinite, nominative, plural], hamingjurnar [definite, nominative, plural], hamingju [accusative, indefinite, singular], hamingjuna [accusative, definite, singular], hamingjur [accusative, indefinite, plural], hamingjurnar [accusative, definite, plural], hamingju [dative, indefinite, singular], hamingjunni [dative, definite, singular], hamingjum [dative, indefinite, plural], hamingjunum [dative, definite, plural], hamingju [genitive, indefinite, singular], hamingjunnar [definite, genitive, singular], hamingja [genitive, indefinite, plural], hamingjanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. luck Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-hamingja-non-noun-p6ReqSPG
  2. guardian spirit, hamingja Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-hamingja-non-noun-DHaWnlpG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gæfa

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "hamingja"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: hamingja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: hamingja"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "hamingje"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: hamingje",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: hamingje"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "hamr",
        "3": "ganga",
        "t1": "skin, shape",
        "t2": "to go, walk"
      },
      "expansion": "hamr (“skin, shape”) + ganga (“to go, walk”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From an earlier *ham-gengja (“that which goes around in a case or wrapping”), composed of the same elements underlying hamr (“skin, shape”) + ganga (“to go, walk”) (see also gengi (“luck, help”)). Hamingjas were \"shapewalker\" guardian spirits in Norse mythology who would accompany people and determine their luck.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-f-jon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjuna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjunni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjunnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "hamingja f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "hamingja f",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haming"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-f-jon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "hamingjurnar",
        "api": "hamingjur",
        "asd": "hamingjuna",
        "asi": "hamingju",
        "dpd": "hamingjunum",
        "dpi": "hamingjum",
        "dsd": "hamingjunni",
        "dsi": "hamingju",
        "g": "feminine",
        "gpd": "hamingjanna",
        "gpi": "hamingja",
        "gsd": "hamingjunnar",
        "gsi": "hamingju",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "hamingjurnar",
        "npi": "hamingjur",
        "nsd": "hamingjan",
        "nsi": "hamingja",
        "stem": "weak jōn-stem",
        "title": "hamingja"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingja",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjan",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjur",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjurnar",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingju",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjuna",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjur",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjurnar",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingju",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjunni",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingju",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjunnar",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingja",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "luck"
      ],
      "id": "en-hamingja-non-noun-p6ReqSPG",
      "links": [
        [
          "luck",
          "luck"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "guardian spirit, hamingja"
      ],
      "id": "en-hamingja-non-noun-DHaWnlpG",
      "links": [
        [
          "guardian",
          "guardian"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "hamingja",
          "hamingja#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gæfa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hamingja"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old Norse compound terms",
    "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Norse feminine nouns",
    "Old Norse jōn-stem nouns",
    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse nouns",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "hamingja"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: hamingja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: hamingja"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "hamingje"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: hamingje",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: hamingje"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "hamr",
        "3": "ganga",
        "t1": "skin, shape",
        "t2": "to go, walk"
      },
      "expansion": "hamr (“skin, shape”) + ganga (“to go, walk”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From an earlier *ham-gengja (“that which goes around in a case or wrapping”), composed of the same elements underlying hamr (“skin, shape”) + ganga (“to go, walk”) (see also gengi (“luck, help”)). Hamingjas were \"shapewalker\" guardian spirits in Norse mythology who would accompany people and determine their luck.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-f-jon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjuna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjunni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjunnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hamingjanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "hamingja f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "hamingja f",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haming"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-f-jon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "hamingjurnar",
        "api": "hamingjur",
        "asd": "hamingjuna",
        "asi": "hamingju",
        "dpd": "hamingjunum",
        "dpi": "hamingjum",
        "dsd": "hamingjunni",
        "dsi": "hamingju",
        "g": "feminine",
        "gpd": "hamingjanna",
        "gpi": "hamingja",
        "gsd": "hamingjunnar",
        "gsi": "hamingju",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "hamingjurnar",
        "npi": "hamingjur",
        "nsd": "hamingjan",
        "nsi": "hamingja",
        "stem": "weak jōn-stem",
        "title": "hamingja"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingja",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjan",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjur",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjurnar",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingju",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjuna",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjur",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjurnar",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingju",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjunni",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingju",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjunnar",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingja",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hamingjanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "luck"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "luck",
          "luck"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "guardian spirit, hamingja"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "guardian",
          "guardian"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "hamingja",
          "hamingja#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "gæfa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hamingja"
}

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