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