Sykn
Old Icelandic Dictionary - syknMeaning of Old Icelandic word "sykn" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
sykn Old Icelandic word can mean:
- sykn
- I)
- sykn
- a.
- sykn
- 1) free from guilt, innocent (s. af manndrápi);
- sykn
- 2) declared innocent, acquitted; gera e-n syknan, to acquit one.
- sykn
- II)
- sykn
- f. the state of being sykn; fœra (bera) fram syknu e-s, to declare one’s innocence, = gera e-n syknan.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚴᚾ
Abbreviations used:
- e-s
- einhvers.
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
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