HEGNA

Definitions

1 HEGNA

d, [A. S. hegjan; Engl. hedge; Germ. hegen; Dan. hegne]:—to hedge, fence, with acc.; allt þat aldin er menn hirða ok hegna með görðum eðr gæzlum, Jb. 429.

2 HEGNA

2. metaph. to protect; at hegna lönd sín, Fas. i. 376 (Skjöld. S.); allir menn eru skyldir við at hegna Kristni, N. G. L. i. 352; þá hegni þeir selver sín, sem menn hegna eignir sínar á land upp, með laga-kefli, 252;—in this sense the word is obsolete in Icel., but

3 HEGNA

3. is freq. in eccl. usage,

4 HEGNA

α. hegna líkam sinn frá munuðum, to keep one’s body from lusts, Hom. 85; h. oss (acc.) at syndum, to keep us from sin, 74.

5 HEGNA

β. to punish; hann hegndi harðliga allar lögleysur ok úsiðu, Magn. 472.

6 HEGNA

II. to chastise, with acc., but in mod. usage with dat.; hegna íllþýði ok ráns-menn, Fms. vii. 16, (but dat. v. l. of the Hrokkinskinna, a MS. of the 15th century); the dat. seems to be due to an ellipse, e. g. Haraldr Hárfagri fór á einu sumri vestr um haf at h. víkingum (for hegna land víkingum, to clear the land of vikings, pacify it), Orkn. 10.

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
acc.: accusative.
ch: chapter.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
dat.: dative.
e. g.: exempli gratia.
eccl: ecclesiastical.
eccl.: ecclesiastical.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
S.: South, Southern.
v.: vide, verb.
v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
Magn.: Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Skjöld.: Skjöldunga Saga. (C. II.)

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