Kné-sig

Old Norse Dictionary - kné-sig

Meaning of Old Norse word "kné-sig"

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

kné-sig
n. a sinking on one’s knees, metaph. fá knésig, Fas. iii. 430.

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

Abbreviations used:

metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
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