Hnekking
Old Norse Dictionary - hnekking
Meaning of Old Norse word "hnekking"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hnekking
- f. a check, rebuff, Am. 56, Glúm. 337, Greg. 19, Bret. 62, Sturl. i. 217.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᛁᚴᚴᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)