HNEKKJA

(-ta, -tr), v.

1) to drive back, with dat. (síðan lét Egill hnekkja nautunum út á mýrar);

hnekkja e-m frá, to repel, repulse;

2) to check, thwart, prevent;

hnekkja för sinni, to halt and go back again;

hnekkja vándu ráði, to prevent an evil deed;

3) to fall back, withdraw (hnekkja Írar nú frá).

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t or ð, [hnakki], to throw back, check; síðan lét Egill hnekkja nautunum út á mýrar, he had the neat-cattle driven back, Eg. 711, 712, Grág. i. 293, Landn. 281, Sturl. ii. 176, Gþl. 460, N. G. L. i. 59; h. för sinni, to halt and go back again, Sturl. i. 167; hnekðumk heiðnir rekkar, the heathen rogues turned me out, Sighvat.

2. to thwart, prevent; Andreas bað lýðinn at þeir hnekki eigi písl hans, 656 B. 1; h. vándu ráði, to prevent an evil deed, Fms. v. 198, viii. 60 (thwarted it); mun þat eigi hér h., iv. 194; ok hnekði þat, 15.

3. with prep.; h. e-m frá, to repel a person, Fms. x. 100, Ld. 186 (of a wooer).

II. to fall back, hobble back; hann féll eigi við höggit ok hnekti þá í mot þeim, Gullþ. 29, Landn. 153 (of one maimed in battle); hnekkja Írar nú frá, Ld. 78, Sturl. iii. 205: part. hnektr, abashed, checked; h. ok lútr, 656 B. 1.