What does hryggur in Icelandic mean?

What is the meaning of the word hryggur in Icelandic? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use hryggur in Icelandic.

The word hryggur in Icelandic means spine, backbone, sad. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word hryggur

spine

noun (backbone)

Hryggur hvers veitanda, þ.m.t. hryggurinn í mér, geymir sprengihleðslu sem springur ef ég reyni að yfirgefa garðinn.

Every host's spine, mine included, has an explosive charge which will detonate if I try to leave.

backbone

noun (series of vertebrae that encloses the spinal cord)

sad

adjective

Þótt ég væri hryggur og vonsvikinn, hélt ég mínu fagmannlega viðmóti.

Although sad and disappointed, I maintained a professional attitude.

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Þótt ég væri hryggur og vonsvikinn, hélt ég mínu fagmannlega viðmóti.

Although sad and disappointed, I maintained a professional attitude.

Maðurinn gerði það ekki, heldur „fór hann brott hryggur enda átti hann miklar eignir“.

Instead of doing so, the man “went away grieved, for he was holding many possessions.”

Trú Juliet Ég, ég er hryggur að þú ert ekki vel.

JULlET I'faith, I am sorry that thou art not well.

Ég er hryggur, fulltrúi,.

I'm sorry, councilman.

Plæging með vendiplóg kemur einnig í veg fyrir að myndist hryggur í miðju stykki.

Tactile paving for the visually impaired is also provided beginning from Nu Sentral.

En ungi maðurinn fór burt hryggur „því að hann átti miklar eignir.“

The young man, however, went away grieved, “for he was holding many possessions.”

Ég líka, er hryggur, fulltrúi,.

I, too, am sorry, Councilman.

Árið 1985 var grafinn úr jörð óvenjustór, steingerður hryggur í Nýju-Mexíkó í Bandaríkjunum.

In 1985 fossilized vertebrae of unusual size were unearthed in New Mexico, U.S.A.

Ég er hryggur óður í það sem gerðist á stöðinni.

I'm sorry about what happened at the station.

11 Og þegar Moróní sá nú, að Nefíaborg var töpuð, varð hann afar hryggur, og hann tók að velta fyrir sér, hvort þeir mundu ekki falla í hendur bræðra sinna vegna ranglætis fólksins.

11 And now, when Moroni saw that the city of Nephihah was alost he was exceedingly sorrowful, and began to doubt, because of the wickedness of the people, whether they should not fall into the hands of their brethren.

Eins og Biblían segir munt þú ‚ekki vera hryggur eins og hinir, sem ekki hafa von.‘

As the Bible says, you will “not sorrow just as the rest also do who have no hope.”

En, eins og misbehav'd og hryggur wench, pout'st við örlög þín og þinn elskar þú:

But, like a misbehav'd and sullen wench, Thou pout'st upon thy fortune and thy love:

Nýlega varð ég hryggur í hjarta á samkomu með dásamlegum Síðari daga heilögum.

My heart sank during a recent meeting with wonderful Latter-day Saints.

Ég var afskaplega hryggur þegar hann fór til Boston. "

I was awfully sorry when he went away to Boston. "

Ég fæddist árið 1956 með missmíð á mænu og hrygg sem kallast hryggrauf eða klofinn hryggur.

I was born in 1956 with spina bifida.

Trúaður maður, sem syrgir látinn ástvin, þarf ekki að vera ‚hryggur eins og hinir, sem ekki hafa von.‘

For example, a believer who is mourning over someone who has died does not have to feel “sorrow just as the rest also do who have no hope.”

Heldurðu að Jehóva hafi liðið illa þegar Jesús kvaldist og dó? — Biblían segir að Guð geti orðið hryggur út af ýmsu. — Sálmur 78:40; Jóhannes 11:35.

Do you think that Jehovah felt bad when Jesus suffered and died?— The Bible says that God can “feel hurt” and even be “pained” by things that happen. —Psalm 78:40, 41; John 11:35.

„Fór hann brott hryggur, enda átti hann miklar eignir.“

“He went away grieved, for he was holding many possessions.”

Ég er hryggur, frú

I'm sorry, ma'am -

Ég er hryggur, Sangmin...

I'm sorry, Sangmin...

(Harmljóðin 3:33) Jehóva er hryggur þegar þjónar hans þjást. — Jesaja 63:8, 9; Sakaría 2:12.

(Lamentations 3:33) On the contrary, Jehovah is deeply saddened when his servants suffer. —Isaiah 63:8, 9; Zechariah 2:8.

2 Hann sá, að nú þegar höfðu nær tvær milljónir af þjóð hans fallið fyrir sverði, og hann varð hryggur í hjarta. Já, tvær milljónir hraustra manna höfðu fallið og einnig eiginkonur þeirra og börn.

2 He saw that there had been slain by the sword already nearly atwo millions of his people, and he began to sorrow in his heart; yea, there had been slain two millions of mighty men, and also their wives and their children.

Frásagan segir: „Hann varð dapur í bragði við þessi orð og fór burt hryggur, enda átti hann miklar eignir.“

The account reads: “He grew sad at the saying and went off grieved, for he was holding many possessions.”

Ég er afar hryggur fyrir hönd þjóðarinnar og allra kynþátta hinnar miklu Asíu.

I am very sorry for the nation and all the races of the Greater Asiatic powers.

Ég varð hryggur hið innra.

I groaned within myself.

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