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runka

Icelandic

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Verb

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runka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative runkaði, supine runkað)

  1. Only used in runka sér (“to masturbate”)

Norwegian Bokmål

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runka

  1. simple past and past participle of runke

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Probably related to rugge and ranke

Verb

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runka (present tense runkar, past tense runka, past participle runka, passive infinitive runkast, present participle runkande, imperative runka/runk)

  1. (colloquial) wank
  2. (nautical) roll, sway, rock
  3. walk heavily and slowly, typically by oneself

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  • “runka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • Aasen Ivar Norsk Ordbog (1873), new edition (Kruken, Kristoffer and Aarset, Terje, eds.), Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo (2003)

Swedish

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runka (present runkar, preterite runkade, supine runkat, imperative runka)

  1. (archaic) to slowly shake, to wobble, to rock
    Han runkade på huvudet
    He shook his head
    Farfar satt och runkade i gungstolen
    Grandpa was rocking in his rocking chair
  2. (vulgar, usually intransitive) to jerk off, to wank (masturbate, of males)
    Han runkade
    He jerked off
    Han runkade sin kuk
    He jerked his cock
    – Säg "spring, bil, snö, penna" på engelska! – Run, car, snow, pen.
    – Say "run, car, snow, pen" in English! – Run, car, snow, pen (sounds like "runkar snoppen" (jerks the dick) – widespread joke).
    • 1968, Johnny Bode (lyrics and music), “Runka mig med vita handskar på [Wank me with white gloves on]”, in Bordellmammas visor [Brothel madam's songs], performed by Johnny Bode, Lillemor Dahlqvist, Kanarie-Kvartetten, and Ron-Sextetten:
      Runka mig med vita handskar på. Det är enda sättet det kan gå.
      Wank me with white gloves on. That's the only way I can come.

Usage notes

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Seldom used unironically in the archaic sense in modern times due to strong associations with the second sense.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of runka (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive runka runkas
Supine runkat runkats
Imperative runka —
Imper. plural1 runken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative runkar runkade runkas runkades
Ind. plural1 runka runkade runkas runkades
Subjunctive2 runke runkade runkes runkades
Participles
Present participle runkande
Past participle runkad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Synonyms (slang)

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