Minning
Old Icelandic Dictionary - minningMeaning of Old Icelandic word "minning" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
minning Old Icelandic word can mean:
- minning
- (pl. -ar), f.
- minning
- 1) memory, recollection, remembrance; í m. e-s, in memory of (í hverja m. heldr þú þenna dag?);
- minning
- 2) in pl. traces (engar ~ar vóru eptir hans meina);
- minning
- 3) gift, present;
- minning
- 4) requital, revenge (þótti sjá m. betri en eigi);
- minning
- 5) admonition, foreboding (þessi m. varð náliga hverja nótt);
- minning
- 6) mention, suggestion, proposal (gørði G. þá m., at).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᚾᚾᛁᚾᚴ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- pl.
- plural.
- e-s
- einhvers.
- m.
- masculine.
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