Hneyxla

Meaning of Old Norse word "hneyxla"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

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.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᛁᚢᛋᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements