hnúka

== Old Norse == === Etymology === Likely related to hnakki (“nape of the neck”), of a group of *hn- words ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *hnakkô. === Verb === hnúka (singular past indicative hnúkti) to sit cowering ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: hnúka === Further reading === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “hnúka”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) “hnúka” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hnúka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 206; also available at the Internet Archive Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 558-59