kné
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse kné, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, originally from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kné n (genitive singular knés, nominative plural kné)
- (mainly used in set phrases) a knee
- Synonym: hné
Declension edit
declension of kné
Synonyms edit
- (knee): hné
Derived terms edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
kné n (genitive knés, plural kné)
Declension edit
Declension of kné (strong a-stem)