Hnykkja
Old Norse Dictionary - hnykkja
Meaning of Old Norse word "hnykkja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hnykkja can mean:hnykkja
- hnykkja
- t, to pull violently by the hair or the like, with dat., Eg. 560; h. e-m til sín, Grág. i. 132; h. e-n af e-m, to snatch at a thing, Nj. 32, Orkn. 182; h. e-u upp, to pull up a thing. Glúm. 338.
- hnykkja
- 2. absol. to pull or tug; sveinninn tók upp í kanp konunginum ok hnykði, Ó. H. 63; en hestr Lögmanns hnykði svá fast at hællinn gékk upp, Hkr. iii. 139; þykkisk sveinninn vel hafa hnykt, he thought he had made a good pull, Ísl. ii. 348: reflex. to box, Grett. 107 A.
- hnykkja
- II. metaph. in mod. usage; e-m hnykkir við, one is amazed.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᚢᚴᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- absol.
- absolute, absolutely.
- l.
- line.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)