Kné-beðr
Old Norse Dictionary - kné-beðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "kné-beðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kné-beðr
- m. a knee cushion; falla á knébeð, to kneel, Greg. 67, Hom. 75, Ld. 328, Nj. 132, Fms. viii. 95; leggjast á k., Bs. i. 352; knébeðja-fall, kneeling, H. E. ii. 188.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚾᛁ-ᛒᛁᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)