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1 KNÉ
* * *(gen. pl. knjá, dat. knjám or knjóm), m.1) knee;sitja á kné e-m, to sit on a person’s knee;ganga (koma, fara, hvarfa) fyrir kné e-m, to approach one as a suppliant;koma e-m á kné, to bring one to his knees, overcome;láta kné fylgja kviði, to plant the knee on the belly;sitja fyrir knjóm e-rri, to attend a woman in childbirth;* * *n., gen. pl. knjá, dat. knjám, and older knióm; [Goth. kniu; A. S. cneow; O. H. G. chniu: Germ. knie; Dan. knæ; Lat. genu; Gr. γόνυ]:—the knee; hrynja í kné, Þkv. 30; á knjánum, Fms. i. 182; á bæði kné, Nj. 70; setja á kné e-m, Fms. i. 16; andaðisk Kjartan í knjám Bolla, ii. 257; á kné kalinn, Hm. 3; þat er fall, ef maðr styðr niðr kné eðr hendi, Grág.2. phrases, ganga, koma (fara, hvarfa) fyrir kné e-m, to go, come, before another’s knees, approach as a suppliant, Nj. 212, 229, Fbr. (in a verse), Fms. viii. 299; leiða e-n fyrir kné e-m, id., Sks. 650; láta kné fylgja kvíði, let the knee follow the belly, plant the knee on the belly, in wrestling, Grett. 28 new Ed.; koma e-m á kné, to bring one to his knees, overcome; öllum kemr hann (the death) á kné, Al. 132; henni (Elli = the Age) hefir engi á kné komit, Edda ii. 286, Karl. 421; tala um þvert kné sér, to ‘talk across one’s knees,’ to gossip, chatter, Sturl. iii. 150; rísa á kné, to arise, Hým. 51; sitja fyrir kné, knjóm e-m, to sit at one’s knees, feet, Og. 8 (of a midwife); en þjónustu-kona hennar sat fyrir knjóm henni, ok skyldi taka við barninu, Fms. viii. 7; falla á kné, to fall on one’s knees, Edda 33; þá steig hann af baki, féll á kné ok baðsk fyrir, 92; leggjask á kné, id., 95.3. knee-timber, in boat-building; engi var saumr í, en viðjar fyrir kné, Fms. vii. 216; ok eigi var meiri sjór á en í mitt knjám, Bs. i. 390; ertog fyrir kné hvert, krapta hvern ok kollu hverja, N. G. L. ii. 283.COMPDS: knésbót, knjádúkr, knjáliðr.II. [A. S. cneow; but cp. also Ulf. knods = γένος, Phil. iii. 5; O. H. G. knot; Hel. cnostes]:— a degree in relationship or lineage, spec, a degree of cognate relationship, a Norse law term, (höfuðbaðm is the agnate); at sjaunda kné ok sjaunda lið, in the seventh cognate and agnate degree, N. G. L. i. 15; at fimta kné ok fimta lið, id.; at fimta kné ok fimta manni, to the fifth degree of relalionship by the female and the fifth by the male side, 350; til níunda knés, 49, 50; af kné hverju, at sétta kné, 148; nú skal engi maðr fá frændkonu sína skyldri en at fimta kné, ok at fimta manni frændleif, 350; kvenn-kné (q. v.), cognate lineage.B. COMPDS: knébeðr, knébeygjask, knébjörg, knéfall, knéfalla, knékast, knékrjúpa, knéliðr, knérunnr, knésetja, knésetningr, knésig, knéskél, knéskot, knésól.
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