Taka

Viking Language Dictionary - taka

Meaning 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
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