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Kné-setja

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1 kné-setja

tt, to set on one’s knees, a kind of adoption; hann knésetti þann svein ok fóstraði, Hkr. i. 97; þá tók Haukr sveininn ok setr á kné Aðalsteini konnngi … Haukr mælti, knésett hefir þú hann nú ok máttu myrða hann ef þú vill, 120.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

kné-setja

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "kné-setja" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

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Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)

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