Teikn
Old Norse Dictionary - teikn
Meaning of Old Norse word "teikn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word teikn can mean:teikn
- teikn
- n. [see tákn], a token; ek gef þér þetta teikn, Bret. 108, Mar.
- teikn
- 2. a sign, n. T. passim (Matth. xii. 38, 39, xxiv. 3, 30, xxvi. 48, 1 Cor. i. 22, Rev. xv. 1): the mod. usage prefers teikn, the ancients the form tákn, q. v.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᛁᚴᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- mod.
- modern.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.