TÉKEN

TÉKEN, plur. TÉKNA - token, sign, omen

(will be related to TÉJA, TEX)

Fragments

[035/01] Might that light-shunning animal be the sign (TÉKEN) of your clairvoyance?

[133/01] If the child cries and it persists a while, it is a bad omen (TÉKEN)

[133/05] If the child sleeps, it means [lit. 'is a sign' (TÉKEN)] that the maiden spirits have come.

[045/05] Depicted above are the signs (TÉKNA) of the Yule

Cognates

• teken - Dutch
• Zeichen - German
• tecken - Swedish
• teikn/taikn - Old Norse, Gothic
• tákn - Icelandic
• token - English

It would make sense to relate this word to 'text', but Dutch and English sources for etymology only link it to Latin 'texere' (to weave, braid).