Kné

Meaning of Old Norse word "kné"

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

Old Norse word kné can mean:kné

kné

n., gen. pl. knjá, dat. knjám, and older knióm; [Goth. kniu; A. S. cneow; O. H. G. chniu: Germ. knie; Dan. knæ; Lat. genu; Gr. γόνυ]:—the knee; hrynja í kné, Þkv. 30; á knjánum, FmS. i. 182; á bæði kné, Nj. 70; setja á kné e-m, FmS. i. 16; andaðisk Kjartan í knjám Bolla, ii. 257; á kné kalinn, Hm. 3; þat er fall, ef maðr styðr niðr kné eðr hendi, Grág.

kné

2. phrases, ganga, koma (fara, hvarfa) fyrir kné e-m, to go, come, before another’s knees, approach as a suppliant, Nj. 212, 229, Fbr. (in a verse), FmS. viii. 299; leiða e-n fyrir kné e-m, id., SkS. 650; láta kné fylgja kvíði, let the knee follow the belly, plant the knee on the belly, in wrestling, Grett. 28 new Ed.; koma e-m á kné, to bring one to his knees, overcome; öllum kemr hann (the death) á kné, Al. 132; henni (Elli = the Age) hefir engi á kné komit, Edda ii. 286, Karl. 421; tala um þvert kné sér, to ‘talk across one’s knees,’ to gossip, chatter, Sturl. iii. 150; rísa á kné, to arise, Hým. 51; sitja fyrir kné, knjóm e-m, to sit at one’s knees, feet, Og. 8 (of a midwife); en þjónustu-kona hennar sat fyrir knjóm henni, ok skyldi taka við barninu, FmS. viii. 7; falla á kné, to fall on one’s knees, Edda 33; þá steig hann af baki, féll á kné ok baðsk fyrir, 92; leggjask á kné, id., 95.

kné

3. knee-timber, in boat-building; engi var saumr í, en viðjar fyrir kné, FmS. vii. 216; ok eigi var meiri sjór á en í mitt knjám, BS. i. 390; ertog fyrir kné hvert, krapta hvern ok kollu hverja, n. G. l. ii. 283.

kné

COMPDS: knésbót, knjádúkr, knjáliðr.

kné

II. [A. S. cneow; but cp. also Ulf. knods = γένος, Phil. iii. 5; O. H. G. knot; Hel. cnostes]:—a degree in relationship or lineage, spec, a degree of cognate relationship, a Norse law term, (höfuðbaðm is the agnate); at sjaunda kné ok sjaunda lið, in the seventh cognate and agnate degree, n. G. l. i. 15; at fimta kné ok fimta lið, id.; at fimta kné ok fimta manni, to the fifth degree of relalionship by the female and the fifth by the male side, 350; til níunda knés, 49, 50; af kné hverju, at sétta kné, 148; nú skal engi maðr fá frændkonu sína skyldri en at fimta kné, ok at fimta manni frændleif, 350; kvenn-kné (q. v.), cognate lineage.

kné

B. COMPDS: knébeðr, knébeygjask, knébjörg, knéfall, knéfalla, knékast, knékrjúpa, knéliðr, knérunnr, knésetja, knésetningr, knésig, knéskél, knéskot, knésól.

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