Kenna

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

kenna Old Icelandic word can mean:

kenna

(-da, -dr), v.

kenna

1) to know, recognize (Flosi kenndi Kára, er hann kom í stofuna);

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2) to know as one’s own, claim (~ sér land);

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3) to assign or attribute to one (þá var ok ár um öll lönd, kenndu Svíar þat Frey);

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~ e-m barn, to father a child upon one;

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4) ~ e-m e-t, to lay to one’s charge, impute (ef hann væri sannr verks þessa, er honum var kennt);

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~ e-m um e-t, to charge one with a thing (Þorgeirr vildi ekki, at brœðrum hans mætti um ~);

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5) to taste food or drink (~ e-t or e-s);

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6) to feel, perceive, with acc. and gen. (ek kennda þín eigi, er þú hvíldir á brjósti mér);

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~ sætan ilm, to perceive a sweet smell;

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~ hita (kulda) af e-u, to feel heat (cold) from;

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~ aflsmunar, liðsmunar, to feel the odds;

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hón kenndi í meira lagi, she felt considerable pain;

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absol., þá er þeir kómu upp í heiðina, kenndi at brá lit, the colour was felt to change, it began to darken;

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mér kennir heiptar við e-n, I feel hatred against one;

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~ niðr, to touch the bottom (en er skipin kenndu niðr, þá gekk jarl á land);

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7) to show, bear witness of (virðist mér ákall þetta meirr ~ ranglætis en réttvísi);

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8) to call, name;

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~ e-t við e-n, to call after one (Helgi trúði á Krist, ok kenndi því við hann bústað sinn);

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9) in poetry, to call by a periphrastic name (hvernig skal ~ sól, vind);

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10) ~ e-m e-t, to teach one a thing (~ e-m rétta trú ok góða siðu);

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ek hefi kennt þér írsku at mæla, I have taught thee to speak Irish;

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11) to make one do a thing (~ e-m bíta);

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12) refl., ~st, to seem, appear (Ulfr kennist mér vitr maðr);

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recipr., svá var myrkt, at þeir kenndust eigi, that they did not know one another;

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goldit var honum þetta svá, at hann mun lengi ~st, he was repaid for this in a way that he will long remember;

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~st við, to recognize (kenndist hann af því þegar við mennina); to confess, acknowledge (at þeir mætti við ~st sinn lítilleik).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚾᚾᛅ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

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