Keikja

Old Norwegian Dictionary - keikja

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "keikja" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

keikja
keikja, v. (kt) bøie en bagover med Over-kroppen (jvf keikr, kikna); Egill gékkfram í setit ok tók í herðar Skalla-grími (som der sat fram á stokk okvar andaðr) ok keikti (&vl kneikti)hann aptr á bak ok lagði hann niðrí setit Eg. 61 (1402); keikjast, v. r.lægge sig bagover med Overkroppen:Frosti tekr hann upp á bringu sérok keiktist mjök Fm. III, 1886.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚽᛁᚴᛁᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

m.
Masculin.
v.
Verbum.

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