Rekja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - rekja

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "rekja" in English.

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

rekja Old Icelandic word can mean:

rekja
(rek, rakta, rakiðr or raktr), v.
rekja
1) to spread out, unwind, unfold, = r. í sundr (hón rakti motrinn ok leit á um hríð);
rekja
refl., ~st, to unwind itself (en þráðrinn raktist af tvinnahnoðanu); lát hendr þínar ~st niðr fyrir þik, let they arms hang straight down; ~st ór svefni, to start from sleep;
rekja
2) to track, trace (þeir ~ spor sem hundar); r. kyn, ættir, to trace a pedigree; r. fram, to expound (bað hann fram r. guðs lög); r. minni til, to remember.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᚴᛁᛅ

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