rannsaka

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse rannsaka.

Verb[edit]

rannsaka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rannsakaði, supine rannsakað)

  1. to investigate
  2. to research, to study

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

rann (house) +‎ saka (damage)

Verb[edit]

rannsaka (singular past indicative rannsakaði, plural past indicative rannsǫkuðu, past participle rannsakaður)

  1. to investigate
  2. to ransack

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • rannsaka”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish ransaka (house-search), from rann, corresponding to Icelandic rann (house), related to granne (neighbor), and a verb saka, derived from söka (to search); from Old Norse rannsaka.

Verb[edit]

rannsaka (present rannsakar, preterite rannsakade, supine rannsakat, imperative rannsaka)

  1. to carefully and critically examine, to scrutinize (often introspectively)
    rannsaka sina motiv
    examine one's motives
    rannsaka sig själv
    take a deep look at oneself / do some soul-searching
    Hon rannsakade sitt minne
    She searched her memory
  2. (dated) to question in court

Usage notes[edit]

Closest to the archaic sense of English ransack.

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