Hnykkr
Old Norse Dictionary - hnykkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hnykkr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hnykkr
- m. a wrestler’s term, a certain bragð in the Icel. glíma; hence metaph. device.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᚢᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.