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TÉKEN

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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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