Rekkja

Old Norse Dictionary - rekkja

Meaning of Old Norse word "rekkja"

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

Old Norse word rekkja can mean:rekkja

rekkja
t, [rakkr], to strain, stretch out; uðr rekkir kjöl, Ht.: metaph. to make proud, Lex. Poët.
rekkja
II. [rekkja], to make a bed. Fas. i. 249: to sleep in a bed, r. hjá, to sleep with another in the same bed, Fms. vi. 121, vii. 166, xi. 52, Gísl. 99, Ld. 30; sam-r., id.

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

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Abbreviations used:

metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
l.
line.

Works & Authors cited:

Ht.
Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
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