MANG

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

MANG

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 MANG

n. [cp. mid. Lat. mangonus; A. S. mangian, to traffic; mangere, a trader, which survives in Engl. iron-monger, scandal-monger; derived from manig, from traffic in mingled, miscellaneous things; as manga is used in Kormak, and even in a derived sense, it need not be borrowed from the A. S., but may be a genuine Norse word formed from margr at a time when the n had not as yet changed into r]:—‘monging,’ ‘mongery,’ barter; allir þeir menn, bæði konur ok karlar, er með mangi fara, hvárt sem þeir hafa mang sitt í búðum eðr stræti, N. G. L. ii. 204; laxa nýja ok svá aðra nýja fiska ok ostrur þat skal kaupa á bátum eðr á bryggjum en vill, en eigi flytja í búðir til mangs, 263; prestar skulu eigi fara með mangi né okri, H. K. ii. 53. mangs-maðr, m. a monger, Ld. 146.

Runic Inscription

ᛘᛅᚾᚴ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Engl
English.
Engl.
English.
gl
glossary.
gl.
glossary.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
Lat
Latin.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
mid. Lat.
Middle Latin.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
S.
South, Southern.

Works & Authors

Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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