TÉKEN
TÉKEN, plur. TÉKNA - token, sign, omen
(related to TÉJA?)
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).