kné

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

• (knee): ^def. hné

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)

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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

• Icelandic: kné (archaic), hné
• Faroese: knæ
• Norwegian: kne
• Old Swedish: knǣ
  • Swedish: knä
• Old Danish: knæ
  • Danish: knæ
• Gutnish: knei
• Westrobothnian: ngje, nge, knje, kné, kni

See also: kne and hné

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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

Related terms

• knega
• kneva
• kniig
• kniik

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