Heykjask

Old Norse Dictionary - heykjask

Meaning of Old Norse word "heykjask" in English.

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

heykjask
t, [húka, hokinn], to bend, sink, cower down; hestrinn heyktist undir honum, MS. 489. 45; heyktisk hann við ok nær í úvit, Sturl. iii. 177.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
S.
Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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