Kné
Old Icelandic Dictionary - knéMeaning of Old Icelandic word "kné" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
kné Old Icelandic word can mean:
- kné
- (gen. pl. knjá, dat. knjám or knjóm), m.
- kné
- 1) knee;
- kné
- sitja á ~ e-m, to sit on a person’s knee;
- kné
- ganga (koma, fara, hvarfa) fyrir ~ e-m, to approach one as a suppliant;
- kné
- koma e-m á ~, to bring one to his knees, overcome;
- kné
- láta ~ fylgja kviði, to plant the knee on the belly;
- kné
- sitja fyrir knjóm e-rri, to attend a woman in childbirth;
- kné
- 2) knee-timber in a ship.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚾᛁ
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- e-t
- eitthvat.
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