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.)