Tor-kenna

Meaning of Old Norse word "tor-kenna"

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

tor-kenna

d, to transform, so as to make it hard to recognise; leitaðusk þau við at torkenna hann sem þau máttu, to dissemble, disparage, Finnb. 220.

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