Hnigna

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Hnigna

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 hnigna

að, [hníga], to begin to sink, decline: impers., e-m hnignar, or e-m fer hnignandi, to be in a decline, Grett. 151; þóat honum væri nokkut hnignandi, though he was somewhat stricken in years, Ísl. ii. 29.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᚾᛁᚴᚾᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

impers
impersonal.
impers.
impersonal.
l.
Linnæus.
pers.
person, personal.

Works & Authors

Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
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