Mang

Old Norse Dictionary - mang

Meaning of Old Norse word "mang" in English.

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

mang: n. [cp. mid. Lat. mangonus; A. S. mangian, to traffic; mangere, a trader, which survives in Engl. iron-monger, scandal-monger; derived from manig, from traffic in mingled, miscellaneous things; as manga is used in Kormak, and even in a derived sense, it need not be borrowed from the A. S., but may be a genuine Norse word formed from margr at a time when the n had not as yet changed into r]:—‘monging,’ ‘mongery,’ barter; allir þeir menn, bæði konur ok karlar, er með mangi fara, hvárt sem þeir hafa mang sitt í búðum eðr stræti, n. G. l. ii. 204; laxa nýja ok svá aðra nýja fiska ok ostrur þat skal kaupa á bátum eðr á bryggjum en vill, en eigi flytja í búðir til mangs, 263; prestar skulu eigi fara með mangi né okri, H. K. ii. 53. mangs-maðr, m. a monger, Ld. 146.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

cp.: compare.

Engl.: English.

gl.: glossary.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

mid. Lat.: middle Latin.

n.: neuter.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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