Minni
Old Norse Dictionary - minniMeaning of Old Norse word "minni" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- minni
- n., but also mynni, [munnr; Dan. minde, in Kjerte-minde and other local names; -mouth in Engl. local names; Germ. -munde as in Trave-munde, -gemünd as in Necker-gemünd]:—the month, Lat. ostium; Móðu-minni, Fms. vi. (in a verse); Dínu-m., Km. 3; austr horfir botninn á Hjörunga-vági en minnit í vestr, Fb. i. 187; fyrir minni Eireks-fjarðar, 430 (mynne Ed.), Fms. xi. 125 (mynnet Ed.); fyrir utan minnit, Fs. 180; fjarðar mynni, Hkv. Hjörv. 18; dals-mynni, Fms. viii. 57; but dal-minni, Fb. ii. 554, l. c.: also an Icel. name, Ós-minni, 29.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᚾᚾᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hkv. Hjörv.
- Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
- Km.
- Kráku-mál. (A. III.)
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