þykkja

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɪhca/
• Rhymes: -ɪhca

þykkja f (genitive singular þykkju, no plural)

1. resentment, dislike

From Proto-Germanic *þunkijaną (“to seem, to appear”).

þykkja

1. to be thought to be, seem to be, be esteemed or reckoned as
2. it seems to one, one thinks [with dative]
   • c. 1200, Sólarljóð, Stanza 35, edition by Sophus Bugge

     Glaðr at mörgu
     þótta ek gumnum vera,
     þvíat ek vissa fátt fyrir;

     Merry at much
     to men I seemed to be
     for I knew little [of what was] ahead

3. (reflexive) to seem to oneself, think oneself, think

• samþykkja
• þykt

þykkja f (genitive þykkju)

1. thought
2. liking, sentiment, disposition
3. dislike, displeasure

• þykkjudráttr m
• þykkjulauss
• þykkjumikill

• Swedish: tycke, tycko

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þykkja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 521; also available at the Internet Archive