Menni

Old Norse Dictionary - menni

Meaning of Old Norse word "menni" in English.

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

menni
n. a nickname, Glúm. 392; but esp. in compds, góð-menni, íll-m., rík-m., a bad, good, mighty man; and in a collect. sense, fjöl-menni, marg-m.

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

Abbreviations used:

collect.
collective.
esp.
especially.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Glúm.
Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
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