kunnátta

accomplishment

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f. knowledge; magical lore.

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u, f. knowledge, Edda (pref.), Fms. iii. 184, freq. in mod. usage: as also of knowing by heart, þetta er engin kunnátta!—magical knowledge, Eb. 44, Landn. 179.

COMPDS: kunnáttu-lauss, adj. ignorant. kunnáttu-leysi, n. ignorance, Fms. ix. 331.