Krenkja

Old Norse Dictionary - krenkja

Meaning of Old Norse word "krenkja" in English.

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

krenkja: t, [krankr; mid. H. G. krenke; Germ. kränken], prop. to make sick, to hurt, H. E. i. 434, 737; erinda-fjöldinn aldrei dvín | allmart vill það krenkja, Pál Vídal.; hjartað vill hræðslan krenkja, Pass.

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

Abbreviations used:

Germ.: German.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mid. H. G.: middle High German.

prop.: proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)

Pass.: Passiu-Sálmar.

Vídal.: Vídalíns-Postilla.

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