knega

From Old Norse kná, and its unattested infinitive *knega, from Proto-Germanic *knēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-. Cognate with English know.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰnɛːɣa/
• Rhymes: -ɛːɣa

knega (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative kná, third-person singular past indicative knátti, supine knátt)

1. (poetic) (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to be able, can, (have knowledge to do): to know
2. (law) (intransitive) shall

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• (archaic): knëga, knəga

From Proto-Slavic *kъnjiga.

knega f

1. book

• Trubačev O. N., editor (1987), “*kъniga”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 13, Moscow: Nauka, page 203

knega (present knegar, preterite knegade, supine knegat, imperative knega)

1. (work specifically to earn money): to labour, to strive
2. (work or go laboriously): to toil, to plod

• kneg