Teikna

Old Norwegian Dictionary - teikna

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "teikna" in Norwegian.

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

teikna: teikna, v. (að) 1) give en et Tegn, tilkjende- give en noget ved Tegn, = benda; þárétti konungr hönd sína til mín okteiknaði mér, at ek skylda byrla hon-um Flat. I, 39929; hann rétti þá framöxina ok teiknaði til, at nökkurr skyldivega at Herði Harð. 35 (10319); aföðrum segist, at öngvar hafi tungurnarmeðr öllu, ok teikni meðr einum oköðrum bendingum ok líkamsins til-hneigingum fyrir tal ok málsgreinirsín í milli Stj. 7921; Mar. 66910. 105819. 2) betyde, betegne; þat kann henda þanntíma sem árnar eðr önnur vötn vaxameirr en til dœma, at þær göra stun-dum eigi at eins skaða þá þegar ístað, útan heldr teikna þær þar meðrok fyrirbenda jafnvel nökkura merki-liga eptirkomandi luti Stj. 8734; Mel-chisedech offrandi Abram brauð okvín teiknar ok merkir fagrliga lausnaravárn Jesum Christum Stj. 11021; Karls-efn. 9 (Aa. 149).

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᚽᛁᚴᚿᛆ
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:

a.: accusativ.

lat.: latinsk.

n.: Neutrum.

v.: Verbum.

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