Knýja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - knýja

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "knýja" in English.

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

knýja Old Icelandic word can mean:

knýja
(kný, knýða or knúða, knúinn), v.
knýja
1) to knock; hann knúði hurðina, he knocked at the door;
knýja
2) to press, drive onward (þeir knúðu fast árar með stórum bakföllum); to push, urge on (hann gat varla fylgt henni, svá knúði hón fast reiðina);
knýja
3) refl. to struggle on, press on; því harðara er Þórr knúðist at fanginu, því fastara stóð hón, the more Thor exerted himself, the firmer she stood.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚾᚢᛁᛅ

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