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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