Hníga

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

hníga Old Icelandic word can mean:

hníga

(hníg; hné and hneig, hnigum; hniginn), v.

hníga

1) to fall gently, sink down (hné Guðrún höll við bólstri); h. at armi e-m, to sink into one’s arms;

hníga

2) to flow (hnigu heilög vötn af himinfjöllum);

hníga

3) to sink down, fall dead (= h. at velli); h. at grasi, í gras, to bite the grass;

hníga

4) to incline, turn; eigi mátti sjá hvernig h. mundi, which way the scale would turn (in a battle);

hníga

5) h. til e-s, to turn towards (var jafnan þeirra hlutr betri, er til hans hnigu); h. til liðs, hjálpar við e-n, to side with one pp., hniginn, advanced (stricken) in years, = h. á aldr, h. at aldri; of a door, shut; var hurð hnigin, the door was down; hurð hnigin á hálfa gátt, á miðjan klofa, half shut, half down.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᛁᚴᛅ

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• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary