þekja

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse þekja, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną.

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Verb[edit]

þekja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þakti, supine þakið)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to cover
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to roof, thatch

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Noun[edit]

þekja f (genitive singular þekju, nominative plural þekjur)

  1. roof, cover

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *þakjaną, whence also Old English þeċċean, Old Saxon thekkian, Old High German decchen.

Verb[edit]

þekja (singular past indicative þakti, plural past indicative þǫktu, past participle þakiðr or þaktr)

  1. to cover, thatch

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Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: þekja
  • Faroese: tekja
  • Norwegian: tekkja
  • Old Swedish: þækkia
  • Danish: tække
  • Gutnish: täkke, täkk'