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þéna

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See also: thena

Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German þēnen, dēnen (to serve), from Old Saxon thionon.[1]

Verb

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þéna

  1. to serve

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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See at þjóna.

References

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  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 1175 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þéna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 510; also available at the Internet Archive