kná
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *knēaną, whence also English know. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).
Verb
editkná
- (defective) can, could
- c. 9th century, inscription on the Rök runestone
- sakum| |mukmini uaim si burin| |niþʀ troki uilin is þat knuo knati| |iatun
- Sǫgum múgminni/ungmenni, hveim sé borinn niðr drengi. Vilinn er þat. Knúa/knýja knátti jǫtun.
- I say the folktale/to the young men, to whom is born a relative, to a valiant man. It is Vélinn. He could crush a giant.
- c. 9th century, inscription on the Rök runestone
Conjugation
editThis verb is defective. Notably, the expected infinitive *knega is unattested.
Conjugation of kná (preterite-present)
infinitive | – | |
---|---|---|
present participle | knegandi | |
past participle | – | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | kná | knátta |
2nd-person singular | knátt | knáttir |
3rd-person singular | kná | knátti |
1st-person plural | knegum | knáttum |
2nd-person plural | kneguð | knáttuð |
3rd-person plural | knegu | knáttu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | knega | knætta |
2nd-person singular | knegir | knættir |
3rd-person singular | knegi | knætti |
1st-person plural | knegim | knættim |
2nd-person plural | knegið | knættið |
3rd-person plural | knegi | knætti |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | kneg | |
1st-person plural | knegum | |
2nd-person plural | kneguð |
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: knega
References
edit- kná in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Categories:
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵneh₃-
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse verbs
- Old Norse terms with quotations
- Old Norse preterite-present verbs
- Old Norse defective verbs