Hneyxli
Old Norse Dictionary - hneyxli
Meaning of Old Norse word "hneyxli"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hneyxli
- or hneyxl (qs. hneyksli), n. disgrace, dishonour; metnaðr snýsk í hneyxl, 677. 7; af sekðinni getask hneyxlin, 656 B. 7; mál hvert er maðr mælir við annan mann svá at honum horfir til hneyksla, defamation, Gþl. 197 (Jb. 108 A); h. (nœyxl) ok niðran, Barl. 20:—in mod. usage = Gr. σκάνδαλον, Rom. xi. 9.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᛁᚢᛋᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- qs.
- quasi.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)