Mæna

Old Norse Dictionary - mæna

Meaning of Old Norse word "mæna" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

mæna Old Norse word can mean:

mæna: i. e. mœna, d, to provide with a mænir, to roof; leka möndi húsit ef ekki mœndi smiðrinn, Skálda (Thorodd) 163, D. n. v. 637.

mæna: 2. to reach or jut out, project, Lat. eminere; þeir sáu hrauka … ok mændu upp ór kollarnir (viz. out of the fog), Sturl. i. 179; mændu þeir aptr (they turned back, prob. erroneous = vendu) en Hákon bar í haf, Fms. vi. 249.

mæna: II. to gaze, look (stretching out the neck), esp. with the notion of supplication; mæna á e-n. mæna vonar-augum, freq. in mod. usage, where the ancients said kaga, q. v.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Similar entries:

Mæna (I)

Abbreviations used:

i. e.: id est.

v.: vide.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

prob.: probably.

viz.: namely.

esp.: especially.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

q. v.: quod vide.

Works & Authors cited:

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)

Skálda: Skálda. (H. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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