"ek" meaning in Old Norse

See ek in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /ek/ Forms: iak [alternative], -k [alternative, enclitic]
Etymology: From Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek, “I”), from Proto-Germanic *ek (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm (“I”). Etymology templates: {{ety|non|:inh|gmq-pro:ᛖᚲ<t:I>}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*eka", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*ek", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Norse", "term" : "ᛖᚲ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmq-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Norse", "term" : "ek", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "non" }" data-lang="non" data-title="ek">, {{inh|non|gmq-pro|ᛖᚲ||I}} Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek, “I”), {{inh|non|gem-pro|*ek||I}} Proto-Germanic *ek (“I”), {{inh|non|ine-pro|*eǵh₂óm||I}} Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm (“I”) Head templates: {{head|non|pronoun}} ek
  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1220-1240, Egils saga, chapter 3, line 16",
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          "translation": "translation by Hallvard Lie:\nThough this trouble have now lighted on our hand, 'twill not be long ere the same trouble shall come upon you; for Harald, I ween, will shortly hither come, soon as he hath all men thralled and enslaved, according to this will, in Northmere and Raumsdale."
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  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "pron",
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        "Old Norse entries with etymon",
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse pronouns",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Norse",
        "Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *éǵh₂",
        "Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ís",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Norse",
        "Old Norse terms with quotations",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 28 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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              13
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            [
              61,
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            [
              107,
              109
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              13
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          "english": "For silence I ask all...",
          "ref": "c. 900, Vǫluspá, verse 1, line 1:",
          "text": "Hliods bið ec allar... (Codex Regius, circa 1270)\nHlioðs bið ek allar... (Hauksbók, circa 1306)\nHljóðs bið ek allar... (normalised orthography)",
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          "english": "translation by Hallvard Lie:\nThough this trouble have now lighted on our hand, 'twill not be long ere the same trouble shall come upon you; for Harald, I ween, will shortly hither come, soon as he hath all men thralled and enslaved, according to this will, in Northmere and Raumsdale.",
          "ref": "1220-1240, Egils saga, chapter 3, line 16",
          "roman": "Though this danger now touches us, before long the same will come to you; for Harold, as I ween, will hasten hither when he has enthralled and oppressed after his will all in North Mæra and Raumsdale.",
          "text": "\"Þótt þetta vandræði hafi nú borit oss at hendi, þá mun eigi langt til, at sama vandræði mun til yðvar koma, því at Haraldr, ætla ek, at skjótt mun hér koma, þá er hann hefir alla menn þrælkat ok áþját, sem hann vill, á Norðmæri ok í Raumsdal.\" (Norse)\ntranslation by William Charles Green:",
          "translation": "translation by Hallvard Lie:\nThough this trouble have now lighted on our hand, 'twill not be long ere the same trouble shall come upon you; for Harald, I ween, will shortly hither come, soon as he hath all men thralled and enslaved, according to this will, in Northmere and Raumsdale."
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      "ipa": "/ek/"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for ek meaning in Old Norse (11.2kB)

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