Kikna

Old Norse Dictionary - kikna

Meaning of Old Norse word "kikna" in English.

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

kikna: að. [cp. keikr], to sink at the knees through a heavy burden; kikna í knésbótum, Fbr. 159, v. l. (but lyknar, Fb. l. c.); rekr klærnar framan í fangit svá at Ormr kiknar við, Fb. i. 530; ok er hann bar af sér lagit kiknaði hann við, Grett. 3 new Ed.; lá við at hann mundi kikna, Fms. iii. 187.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

l.: line.

l. c.: loco citato.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

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