Hneykja

Old Norse Dictionary - hneykja

Meaning of Old Norse word "hneykja" in English.

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

hneykja Old Norse word can mean:

hneykja
ð or t, to put to shame, defeat, confound, with acc.; at berjask við þá er yðr hafa hneykt, Fms. x. 231; þá er hann hafði herjað ok hneykt grimmleik heiðinna þjóða, iv. 66; andskotann hneykðir þú, 623. 35; eigi munu vér þá hneykðir, we shall not then be confounded, 34; hneykjask ok svívirðask, to be confounded, Stj. 241; hverr vætti urn aldr í þinni miskun ok hneykðisk síðan, Th. 25.
hneykja
2. with prep.; hneykja at e-u, to scoff at a thing; sá er hneykir at því er allir leyfa mun göra sik at fífli (= lastar það sem allir lofa), he who scoffs at what all folk praise is a fool, a saying, Sighvat.

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

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Abbreviations used:

acc.
accusative.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Th.
Theophilus. (F. III.)
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