Hnigna
Old Norse Dictionary - hnigna
Meaning of Old Norse word "hnigna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- 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.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᛁᚴᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- impers.
- impersonal.
- l.
- line.
- pers.
- person.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)