happ

See also: Happ

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse happ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haʰpː/
    Rhymes: -aʰpː

Noun

happ n (genitive singular happs, plural happ)

  1. luck, a stroke of luck

Declension

Declension of happ (n9)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative happ happið happ happini
accusative happ happið happ happini
dative happi happinum happum happunum
genitive haps hapsins happa happanna

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • eftir happi og hátíðum
  • happ í óhappi
  • happadráttur
  • óhapp
  • heppin

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse happ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hahp/
    Rhymes: -ahp

Noun

happ n (genitive singular happs, nominative plural höpp)

  1. luck, a stroke of luck
    Antonym: óhapp

Declension

Declension of happ (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative happ happið höpp höppin
accusative happ happið höpp höppin
dative happi happinu höppum höppunum
genitive happs happsins happa happanna

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hampą.

Noun

happ n

  1. good luck

Descendants

  • Icelandic: happ
  • Faroese: happ
  • Norn: happ
  • → Middle English: hap, happe, hape, heppe

Further reading

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