rannsaka

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rannsaka.

Verb

rannsaka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rannsakaði, supine rannsakað)

  1. to investigate
  2. to research, to study

Conjugation

Old Norse

Etymology

rann (house) + saka (damage)

Verb

rannsaka (singular past indicative rannsakaði, plural past indicative rannsǫkuðu, past participle rannsakaður)

  1. to investigate
  2. to ransack

Descendants

References

  • rannsaka”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ransaka (house-search), from rann, corresponding to Icelandic rann (house), related to granne (neighbor), and a verb saka, derived from söka (to search); from Old Norse rannsaka.

Verb

rannsaka (present rannsakar, preterite rannsakade, supine rannsakat, imperative rannsaka)

  1. to carefully and critically examine, to scrutinize (often introspectively)
    rannsaka sina motiv
    examine one's motives
    rannsaka sig själv
    take a deep look at oneself / do some soul-searching
    Hon rannsakade sitt minne
    She searched her memory
  2. (dated) to question in court

Usage notes

Closest to the archaic sense of English ransack.

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