Á-kenning

Meaning of Old Norse word "á-kenning"

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

Old Norse word á-kenning can mean:á-kenning

á-kenning

f.

á-kenning

1. in the phrase, hafa á. e-s or af e-u, to have a smack of a thing, to savour of, Bs. i. 134.

á-kenning

2. a slight reprimand, (kenna á., to feel sore); göra e-m á., to administer a slight reprimand, Sturl. i. 70, Bs. i. 341, in the last passage it is used as masc.

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