Hnigna

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hnigna

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hnigna" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

hnigna: hnigna, v. (að) = hníga; kun i Præs.Part. hnignandi = hnígandi og Præt.Part. hnignaðr = hniginn i den underhníga 7 angivne Betydning; gerðistþá hnignandi ok var þó hinn hrau-stasti maðr Grett. 20525; jvf Ridd.14430; bað G. sér konu; var því málivel svarat, því at maðr þótti göfugrok ættstórr, þó at hann væri nökkuthnignandi Harð. 10 (2920); Karlamag-nús keisari gerðist mjök hnignandi ígóðri elli Klm. 55316; var annarr þeirrabarn at aldri en annarr mjök hnig-nandi Mar. 105423; nú var hann mjökhnignandi orðinn, mœddr meinlætumok mörgu athaldi Æf. 225; keisarinnvar mjök hnignaðr af elli Klm. 20038;lifir hann síðan í sœmdum sínum annathundrað tírœtt, var hann þá hnignaðr,lægðr ok lamiðr af elli Æf. 78184.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚿᛁᚵᚿᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

f.: Feminin.

G.: Genitiv.

m.: Masculin.

Part.: Participium.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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