Prenta
Old Norse Dictionary - prentaMeaning of Old Norse word "prenta" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
prenta Old Norse word can mean:
- prenta
- að, [this word was borrowed prob. from the English during the English trade early in the 16th century; the Germ. say drucken whence Dan. and Swed. trycke]:—to print: in Icel. prenta with compds is the popular word, Biblía … prentað á Hólum, the Bible of 1584; Heilög Biblía prentuð að nýju að Hólum, the Edition of 1644; Almúgafólki til gagns og góða prentuð, the Book of Lays of 1612. On the other hand, the Germ.-Dan. þrykkja is often used on title-pages—þrykkt í konungligum stað Roscylld, the n. T. of 1540; þrykt á Hólum, 1594 (the graduale); þrykt í Kaupinhafn, the Hymn-book of 1555: yet the Germ. and Dan. word was not able to displace the old word, which never ceased to be used in speech.
- prenta
- COMPDS: prentsmiðja, prentverk, prentvilla.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚱᛁᚾᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Germ.
- German.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- N. T.
- New Testament.