þekja

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þekja, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną.

Verb

þekja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þakti, supine þakið)

  1. to cover
    Synonym: hylja
  2. to roof, thatch
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

Noun

þekja f (genitive singular þekju, nominative plural þekjur)

  1. roof, cover
Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þakjaną, whence also Old English þeċċean, Old Saxon thekkian, Old High German decchen.

Verb

þekja (singular past indicative þakti, plural past indicative þǫktu, past participle þakiðr or þaktr)

  1. to cover, thatch

Conjugation

Descendants