Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse rannsaka.

Verb edit

rannsaka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rannsakaði, supine rannsakað)

  1. to investigate
  2. to research, to study

Conjugation edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

rann (house) +‎ saka (damage)

Verb edit

rannsaka (singular past indicative rannsakaði, plural past indicative rannsǫkuðu, past participle rannsakaður)

  1. to investigate
  2. to ransack

Descendants edit

References edit

  • rannsaka”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish ransaka (house-search), from rann, corresponding to Icelandic rann (house), related to granne (neighbor), and a verb saka, derived from söka (to search); from Old Norse rannsaka.

Verb edit

rannsaka (present rannsakar, preterite rannsakade, supine rannsakat, imperative rannsaka)

  1. to carefully and critically examine, to scrutinize (often introspectively)
    rannsaka sina motiv
    examine one's motives
    rannsaka sig själv
    take a deep look at oneself / do some soul-searching
    Hon rannsakade sitt minne
    She searched her memory
  2. (dated) to question in court

Usage notes edit

Closest to the archaic sense of English ransack.

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