stygg

From Old Norse styggr.

stygg (neuter singular stygt, definite singular and plural stygge, comparative styggere, indefinite superlative styggest, definite superlative styggeste)

1. ugly (displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing)
2. nasty; serious (of a wound or a cut)
3. (chiefly dialect) naughty, bad (tending to misbehave or act badly)

• “stygg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse styggr. The noun is derived from the adjective.

• IPA^(key): /stʏɡː/
• IPA^(key): /ʂtœɡː/ (Trøndelag)

stygg (neuter singular stygt, definite singular and plural stygge, comparative styggare, indefinite superlative styggast, definite superlative styggaste)

1. ugly (displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing)
2. nasty; serious (of a wound or a cut)
3. (chiefly dialect) naughty, bad (tending to misbehave or act badly)

• støgg

• stygga, styggja

stygg m (definite singular styggen, indefinite plural styggar, definite plural styggane)

1. chills, a bad feeling; fright
2. an ugly or nasty person or thing
3. (by extension) devil, demon

• stygge m

• “stygg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish stygger, from Old Norse styggr.

stygg (comparative styggare, superlative styggast)

1. naughty, mean, bad ((inclined towards) misbehaving or acting badly)
2. (colloquial) hideous, nasty

• styggelse
• stygging

• stygg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• stygg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)