TÉKEN: Difference between revisions

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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).

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-TÉKEN, plur. TÉKNA - token, sign, omen
+<span class="fryas">TÉKEN</span>, plur. <span class="fryas">TÉKNA</span> - ''token, sign, omen'' (will be related to <span class="fryas">[[TÉJA]]</span>, <span class="fryas">TEX</span>)
-(will be related to [[TÉJA]], TEX)
 ==Fragments==
-[<nowiki/>[[035]]/01] ''Might that light-shunning animal be the '''sign (TÉKEN)''' of your clairvoyance?''
-[<nowiki/>[[133]]/01] ''If the child cries and it persists a while, it is a bad '''omen (TÉKEN)'''''
-[<nowiki/>[[133]]/05] ''If the child sleeps, it means [lit. 'is a '''sign' (TÉKEN)'''] that the maiden spirits have come.''
-[<nowiki/>[[045]]/05] ''Depicted above are the '''signs (TÉKNA)''' of the Yule''
+* [<nowiki/>[[035]]/01] Might that light-shunning animal be the '''sign''' (<span class="fryas">TÉKEN</span>) of your clairvoyance?
+* [<nowiki/>[[133]]/01] If the child cries and it persists a while, it is a bad '''omen''' (<span class="fryas">TÉKEN</span>)
+* [<nowiki/>[[133]]/05] If the child sleeps, it means [lit. ''is a '''sign''''' (<span class="fryas">TÉKEN</span>)] that the maiden spirits have come.
+* [<nowiki/>[[045]]/05] Depicted above are the '''signs''' (<span class="fryas">TÉKNA</span>) of the Yule
 ==Cognates==
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 *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).
+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).
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