Kné-setja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Kné-setja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

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.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᚾᛁ-ᛋᛁᛏᛁᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)

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