Manna

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Manna

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 manna

að, prop. to make a ‘man.’

2 manna

2. mod. to man a boat, manna skip.

3 manna

II. reflex, to become a man, to be brought up to manhood; Þórir var maðr ætt-smár ok hafði mannask vel, Fms. iv. 255; ætt-smár ok mannaðr vel, well bred, Ó. H. 113; var móðir mín vel mönnuð, of good family, Brandkr. 62; ef mér reynisk Þórólfr jamvel mannaðr (if I find Th. as accomplished a man) sem hann er sýnum full-drengiligr, Eg. 29; vil ek biðja dóttur þinnar til handa Glúmi bróður mínum, skaltú þat vita, at hann er vel mannaðr, Nj. 23; synir þeirra vóru Kálfr ok Grímr, mannaðir at hófi, K. and G. were rather fine well-bred men, Fms. vi. 102; son þinn svá vel mannaðan, ii. 193; engar eru þat yfirbætr at hann nái at eiga dóttur þína, þvíat ekki er hann verr mannaðr en hón, Fb. i. 196; hann á sjau sonu ok alla vel mannaða, Ísl. ii. 215; maðr af góðri ætt er lítt er mannaðr, Skálda 176.

4 manna

2. manned, of a ship; vel (ílla) mannað, well (badly) manned, of the crew; var þar vel mannað, there was a good gathering of people, Grett. 78.

Runic Inscription

ᛘᛅᚾᚾᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

l.
Linnæus.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
prop
properly.
prop.
properly.
reflex
reflexive.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Brandkr.
Brandkrossa-þáttr. (D. V.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)
Th.
Theophilus. (F. III.)

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