[3] efstakné (n.) ‘uppermost member’: A hap. leg. derived from the adj. efstr sup. ‘uppermost, last’ and kné f. ‘knee’. The meaning of the word is unclear, perhaps denoting the uppermost part of a plant (see Note to kné, l. 5 below). Alternatively, kné is used here in a metaphorical sense with the meaning ‘cognate degree’, hence ‘the last generation (or offspring)’. That interpretation is suggested by the next heiti in the list, eigin, which is homonymous with eigin (adj. f.) ‘one’s own’.