Minni
Old Icelandic Dictionary - minniMeaning of Old Icelandic word "minni" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
minni Old Icelandic word can mean:
- minni
- I)
- minni
- n.
- minni
- 1) memory (hann missti ~s ok þótti nær sem vitstolinn) leggja e-t í m., to lay up in the mind; reka m. til e-s, to call to mind;
- minni
- 2) esp. in pl. memorials (slík m. hafa Íslendingar Haralds konungs ok mörg önnur); settir eptir (viz. dauða) bautasteinar til ~s, as a memorial;
- minni
- 3) memory, of past time; þeir er vóru fyrir várt m., who lived before we can remember;
- minni
- 4) memorial cup, toast (at old sacrifices and banquets); mæla fyrir minnum, to propose a toast.
- minni
- II)
- minni
- a. compar., answering to lítill, less, smaller; least, smallest (var minna karp þitt, meðan H. konungr lifði); er sá kallaðr ~ maðr (lower in rank), er öðrum fóstrar barn.
- minni
- III)
- minni
- n. mouth (of a river, fjord, valley), = mynni.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᚾᚾᛁ
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- e-s
- einhvers.
- m.
- masculine.
- esp.
- especially.
- pl.
- plural.
- compar.
- comparative.
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