kjän
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną.
Verb
kjän (preterite kjänt or tjöönd or tjeet)
- To feel.
- 1804, Stenberg, Pehr, Ordbok över umemålet, Widmark, Gusten, pages 163:
- kjän åt gjohl ä gȯdt
- How does it feel? [ironice]
- kjän åt gjohl ä gȯdt
- 1804, Stenberg, Pehr, Ordbok över umemålet, Widmark, Gusten, pages 163:
- To know, be knowledgeable about something.
- en lillaksel hall på tjänn abbeste ― Little Axel is starting to know the alphabet.
- To know someone.
- kän du nȧ ’n Lȧrs slinkȯmfot? ― Do you know Lars the lame well?
- (with particle) To recognise someone.
- tjänn do ånt at me? ― Don’t you recognise me?
Derived terms
- tjännfalk
- tjännespak