Definitions
Definitions
1 hneisa
1. u, f., but better neisa (q. v.), see Hm. [Swed. nesa]:—shame, disgrace, Fms. viii. 20, x. 223, 346, 394, xi. 86, Ó. H. 107.
2 hneisa
COMPDS: hneisu-liga (neisuliga), adv. disgracefully, Ísl. ii. 367, Fms. vii. 20, x. 222. hneisu-ligr, adj. disgraceful, Ísl. ii. 384.
3 hneisa
2. t, to disgrace one; niðra ok neisa e-n, Stj. 67, 248, 512, Fms. x. 256, Bs. i. 392; but hneist, 106.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
hneisa
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "hneisa" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).