Rekkja

Old Norse Dictionary - rekkja

Meaning of Old Norse word "rekkja" in English.

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

rekkja Old Norse word can mean:

rekkja: t, [rakkr], to strain, stretch out; uðr rekkir kjöl, Ht.: metaph. to make proud, Lex. Poët.

rekkja: II. [rekkja], to make a bed. Fas. i. 249: to sleep in a bed, r. hjá, to sleep with another in the same bed, Fms. vi. 121, vii. 166, xi. 52, Gísl. 99, Ld. 30; sam-r., id.

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

Similar entries:

Rekkja (II)

Abbreviations used:

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

l.: line.

Works & Authors cited:

Ht.: Hátta-tal. (C. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

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