Taka
Viking Language Dictionary - takaMeaning of Old Norse / Old Icelandic word "taka"
- taka
vb (VI) to take, catch, seize; take hold of, grasp; reach, touch; [w inf] begin; impers [e-t] taka af [sth] comes loose, comes off; [sth] ceases; taka arf inherit; taka [e-t] á [e-u] touch [sth] with [sth]; taka [e-m] fegins hendi receive [sb] gladfully, joyfully; taka í sundr cut asunder; taka í hafi take to sea; taka [e-n] hǫndum seize or capture [sb]; taka upp [e-t] pick up [sth]; taka við [e-m] take in, receive, or welcome [sb] into one’s house; taka við [e-u] receive, take possession of, acquire, inherit [sth]; taka til begin; takask mid begin; take place; behave takask til happen
Possible runic inscriptions in Younger Futhark:
- - Long branch (Danish):ᛏᛅᚴᛅ
- - Short twig (Swedish & Norwegian):ᛐᛆᚴᛆ
Abbreviations used:
- e-m
- einhverjum, einhverju ‘for somebody, something,’ dative
- e-n
- einhvern, eitthvat ‘somebody, something’ accusative
- e-t
- einhvern, eitthvat ‘somebody, something’ accusative
- e-u
- einhverjum, einhverju ‘for somebody, something,’ dative
- f
- feminine
- imp
- imperative
- impers
- impersonal (verb)
- inf
- infinitive
- m
- masculine
- mid
- middle voice
- n
- neuter
- pers
- personal
- pl
- plural
- poss
- possessive (pron)
- sb
- somebody
- sth
- something
- vb
- verb
- w
- with