Minnþak

Old Norse Dictionary - minnþak

Meaning of Old Norse word "minnþak" in English.

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

minnþak: n. [from a Gaelic word min = flour], dough made of butter and flour kneaded by the Irish slaves to slake their thirst at sea when short of water, Landn. 34: whence Minnþaks-eyrr, f. a local name in Icel., see Landn. l. c. and Fs.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

l. c.: loco citato.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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