Definitions
Definitions
1 menntan
f. culture, breeding; vel virðr sakir menntanar sinnar, of a poet, Bjarn. 3; mér fór sem mörgum börnum, at ek lagða á ekki hug þat sem mér var menntan í at nema, Fms. ii. 267; nema menntanar list, ok íþrótt, Stj. 151; opt er sá í orðum nýtr sem iðkar menntan kæra, Hallgr.:—culture, civilisation are in mod. usage rendered by mentan.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
menntan
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "menntan" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).