Þekja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - þekja

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "þekja" in English.

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

þekja Old Icelandic word can mean:

þekja
I)
þekja
(þak; þakta; þakiðr, þaktr, þakinn), v. to thatch, cover; skjöldum er salr þakiðr, the hall is thatched with shields; ~ sundit alt með skipum to lay the ships right across the sound.
þekja
II)
þekja
f. thatch, roof.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚴᛁᛅ

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

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