Menna

Old Norse Dictionary - menna

Meaning of Old Norse word "menna" in English.

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

menna Old Norse word can mean:

menna
t, [maðr or mannr], to make a man of, rear, breed; mun ek fylgja sonum mínum, menna þá ok hreysta eptir megni, Finnb. 332.
menna
II. reflex. to become a man, of breeding and the like: ef þeir vilja mennask, Fb. i. 509.
menna
2. part. menntr, bred, accomplished as a man, esp. in a moral sense; hann átti marga sonu ok vel mennta, Eb. 10 new Ed.; vel menntr um marga hluti, Fms. xi. 322; Valþjófr var manna bazt menntr, Orkn. 242; vel menntr í alla staði, Bær. 18; ok var Þórðr eigi at verr m. þótt hann leitaði sér ráðs, Ld. 52; hann var vel m., klerkr góðr ok trúmaðr, Fms. ix. 531; gildir menn ok allvel menntir, Hrafn. 26; hinn skörnligasti maðr ok vel menntr, Bjarn. 4.

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

Abbreviations used:

reflex.
retlexive.
esp.
especially.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
part.
participle.

Works & Authors cited:

Finnb.
Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Bjarn.
Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
Bær.
Bærings Saga. (G. II.)
Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hrafn.
Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
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