Minni

Old Norse Dictionary - minni

Meaning 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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