Knixe

Old Danish Dictionary - knixe

Meaning of Old Danish word "Knixe", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Knixe can mean:

  • go. knejse; naar de ere vage, da skulie de knixe oc stirte, rasde dem selff oc haffoe deris egen vilie. Tidemand, Post. II. 1247 (-— t. will es alles stolziren); buor feare knixe de op i verit oc skage met haarit. sst. III. 62 (= t. stoseyn).

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚿᛁᛋᚽ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

go.
gærningsord (verbum).
t.
tysk.

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