Keikja

Old Norse Dictionary - keikja

Meaning of Old Norse word "keikja" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

keikja
t, to bend backwards, Eg. 397, v. l. to kneykja; Flosi keiktist mjök, of a wrestler, = kikna or lykna (q. v.), Fms. iii. 188.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᛁᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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