Hneyxla

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Hneyxla

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 hneyxla

often spelt hneixla, að, to offend, eccl., the rendering of Gr. σκανδαλίζω in the N. T.; en ef þitt hægra auga hneyxlar þig, Matth. v. 29, 30, xviii. 6, 8; h. sik, xi. 6, Luke xvii. 2: pass. to be offended, xiii. 21, xv. 12, xxiv. 10, John vi. 61, xvi. 1; hneyxlast á e-m, Matth. xiii. 57, xxvi. 31, 33. ☞ The spirited etymology given by Vídalin in his Michaelmas Sermon, comparing the metaphors of the Greek and Icel. words, is true in sense but not to the letter: þetta á vel saman á vora tungu, því ‘hneixli’ drögum vér af því orði að ‘hníga’ eðr ‘hneigja,’ því sá sem hneixli af sér gefr, hann kemr öðrum til að hníga eðr rasa, og hneigir hann til vondra verka, Vídal. ii. 153, 154.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᚾᛁᚢᚴᛋᛚᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
eccl
ecclesiastical.
eccl.
ecclesiastical.
Gr.
Greek.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
Linnæus.
pass.
passive, passively.
v.
vide, verb.
ζ
uncertain or wrong reading.

Works & Authors

N. T.
New Testament.
Vídal.
Vídalíns-Postilla.

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