Kikna
Old Norse Dictionary - kikna
Meaning of Old Norse word "kikna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kikna
- að. [cp. keikr], to sink at the knees through a heavy burden; kikna í knésbótum, Fbr. 159, v. l. (but lyknar, Fb. l. c.); rekr klærnar framan í fangit svá at Ormr kiknar við, Fb. i. 530; ok er hann bar af sér lagit kiknaði hann við, Grett. 3 new Ed.; lá við at hann mundi kikna, Fms. iii. 187.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚴᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)