Þekkja
Old Icelandic Dictionary - þekkjaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "þekkja" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
þekkja Old Icelandic word can mean:
- þekkja
- (-ta, -tr), v.
- þekkja
- 1) to perceive, espy, notice (ok er konungr þekkir, at sveinninn er heill);
- þekkja
- þás bani Fáfnis borg of þátti (old pret. = þekti), when Fafnir’s slayer espied the burg;
- þekkja
- 2) to comprehend (mátt þú nú þat ~, er fyrr sagða ek þér);
- þekkja
- 3) to know, recognize (þóttist hón ~ barnit);
- þekkja
- 4) refl., ~st e-t, to comply with, consent to, accept of (þeir þektust þetta boð gjarna);
- þekkja
- ~st e-m, to please;
- þekkja
- megi þér (dat.) mitt líf ~, may it please thee.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚴᚴᛁᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- pret.
- preterite.
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- dat.
- dative.
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