kné

See also: kne, KNe, -kne, and Kné

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kné, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, originally from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰnjɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː

Noun

kné n (genitive singular knés, nominative plural kné)

1. (mainly used in set phrases) a knee

   Synonym: hné

Synonyms

• (knee): hné

Derived terms

• falla á kné (to genuflect)
• ganga fyrir kné (to genuflect)
• gera knéfall (to genuflect)
• knéfall
• knéfiðla
• knékrjúpa (to genuflect)
• knékrjúpa fyrir (to go down on one's knees for somebody)
• koma á kné (to defeat somebody)
• koma fyrir kné (to genuflect)
• láta kné fylgja kviði (to let the knee follow the belly, to plant the knee on the belly; to ride roughshod over, to show no mercy, to give no quarter)
• knésbót

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *knewą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Compare Old Saxon knio, Old English cnēow, Old Frisian knī, Old High German kneo, Gothic 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 (kniu).

Noun

kné n (genitive knés, plural kné)

1. knee

Declension

  Declension of kné (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kné	knéit	kné	knéin
accusative	kné	knéit	kné	knéin
dative	kné	knénu	knjám, knjóm	knjánum, knjónum
genitive	knés	knésins	knjá	knjánna

Descendants

• Icelandic: kné, hné
• Faroese: knæ
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kne; (dialectal) ne, (h)nje
• Norwegian Bokmål: kne
• Old Swedish: knǣ
  • Swedish: knä
• Old Danish: knæ
  • Danish: knæ
• Gutnish: knei