Hneykja
Old Norse Dictionary - hneykja
Meaning of Old Norse word "hneykja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hneykja can mean:hneykja
- hneykja
- ð or t, to put to shame, defeat, confound, with acc.; at berjask við þá er yðr hafa hneykt, Fms. x. 231; þá er hann hafði herjað ok hneykt grimmleik heiðinna þjóða, iv. 66; andskotann hneykðir þú, 623. 35; eigi munu vér þá hneykðir, we shall not then be confounded, 34; hneykjask ok svívirðask, to be confounded, Stj. 241; hverr vætti urn aldr í þinni miskun ok hneykðisk síðan, Th. 25.
- hneykja
- 2. with prep.; hneykja at e-u, to scoff at a thing; sá er hneykir at því er allir leyfa mun göra sik at fífli (= lastar það sem allir lofa), he who scoffs at what all folk praise is a fool, a saying, Sighvat.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᛁᚢᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)