á-hnígan

Old English Dictionary Entry

á-hnígan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: on-hnígan. a-hnigan

Definitions

1 á-hnígan

I. intrans. To sink, fall down :-- Hí áhnigon occubuerunt, An. Ox. 3352. II. trans, (l) literal, to bend down :-- Áhnigenum heáfde, Techm. ii. 121, 19. (2) figurative, to humble :-- Hine seolfne of dúne áhnág semet ipsum exinanivit, Rtl. 21, 20.

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚻᚾᛁᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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