Jump to content

skynja

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Icelandic

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Old Norse skynja, from skyn (sense, perception, understanding).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

skynja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative skynjaði, supine skynjað)

  1. to sense, to perceive [with accusative]
    Synonym: finna
  2. to understand, to comprehend [with accusative]
    Synonym: skilja

Conjugation

[edit]
[edit]
  • skyn (intelligence, understanding; sense, perception, awareness)
  • skynjun (perception)
  • skynsemi (sense, reason)
  • skynugur (bright, clever, sensible)
  • skynvilla (hallucination)

Old Norse

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

[edit]

skynja

  1. perceive

Descendants

[edit]

References

[edit]
  • skynja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press