kné

See also: kne

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kné, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, originally from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰnjɛː/
  • Rhymes: -ɛː

Noun

kné n (genitive singular knés, nominative plural kné)

  1. (archaic or poetic) a knee syn.

Declension
declension of kné
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kné knéð kné knén
accusative kné knéð kné knén
dative kné knénu knjám knjánum
genitive knés knésins knjáa knjánna

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • falla á kné (to genuflect)
  • ganga fyrir kné (to genuflect)
  • gera knéfall (to genuflect)
  • knéfall
  • knéfiðla
  • knékrjúpa (to genuflect)
  • knékrjúpa fyrir (to go down on one's knees for somebody)
  • koma á kné (to defeat somebody)
  • koma fyrir kné (to genuflect)
  • láta kné fylgja kviði (to let the knee follow the belly, to plant the knee on the belly; to ride roughshod over, to show no mercy, to give no quarter)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *knewą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Compare Old Saxon knio, Old English cnēo, Old Frisian knī, Old High German kneo, Gothic 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 (kniu).

Noun

kné n (genitive knés, plural kné or knjó)

  1. knee

Declension
  Declension of kné (strong wa-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kné knéit kné knéin
accusative kné knéit kné knéin
dative kné knénu knjám, knjóm knjánum, knjónum
genitive knés knésins knjá knjánna

Descendants
See also: kne and hné

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse kné, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, originally from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̊ɲéː], [ŋ̊ŋéː], [kʰnéː], [kʰníː]
    Rhymes: -éː, -ɪ́ː

Noun

kné n (definite singular knett or knée, dative knén, plural kné, definite plural knéa or knén, dative knéom)

  1. (anatomy) A knee.[1]
    hɑn sto å ŋeöm
    he was on his knees

References
  1. Marklund, Thorsten, 1986, Skelleftemålet: grammatik och ordlista : för lekmän - av lekman [The Skellefteå speech: grammar and vocabulary: for laymen - by a layman], ISBN 9197016527, page 19, 20
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