höggum

Höggum is a term used in the Icelandic language. It is the dative plural form of the masculine noun högg, which means "blow" or "strike." As part of noun inflection, höggum appears in phrases where the noun is in the dative plural, often indicating means or accompaniment in prose and poetry.

The form reflects Icelandic grammar, where nouns change shape to show number and case. Höggum commonly occurs in contexts describing blows, impacts, or acts of striking, and can appear in historical or literary texts that discuss battle, percussion, or physical force. A typical usage is the phrase með höggum, meaning "with blows," illustrating how the dative plural communicates instrumental or associative meaning in clause structure.

Etymology traces höggum to the Old Norse noun högg, with related forms preserved in modern Icelandic. The word and its inflected forms are primarily of linguistic interest in describing how Icelandic handles case and number for masculine nouns.

See also: högg (the base noun meaning blow), Icelandic grammar, and Old Norse language.