Sakna
Old Norse Dictionary - sakna
Meaning of Old Norse word "sakna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sakna can mean:sakna
- sakna
- að, [Dan. savne; Swed. sakna], to miss, feel the loss of, with gen., Korm. (in a verse), Þkv. 1, Gkv. 1. 9, Ýt. 22; sakna vínar í stað, Fas. ii. 179; þá. saknar hann hringsíns, Nj. 74; þá var hans saknað, Orkn. 150; hann saknaði þeirra um myrgininn, Fms. vi. 325, Ó. H. 152, and passim.
- sakna
- 2. to miss, bewail, of the mind, passim in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᚴᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Þkv.
- Þryms-kviða. (A. I.)