Minning

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Minning

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 minning

f. memory, recollection, remembrance; en nú ritu vér þau tíðendi með nokkurri minningu, er görðusk …, Ó. H. (pref.); í minning e-s, in memory of, remembrance of, Rb. 336, MS. 623. 96, Nj. 157, Sks. 112; göra minning e-s, Fms. i. 31, Blas. 43, Grett. 137; góðrar, ágætrar minningar, of good, blessed memory, H. E. i. 529, Dipl. i. 3:—with a notion of vengeance, ok þótti sjá minning betri en engi, Ld. 234, Fms. xi. 443: with a notion of gratitude, a gift, present, Eg. 63; þenna varning vil ek at þér þiggit at mér, herra, þótt smæri minningar sé görvar en vera ætti, Fms. xi. 328.

2 minning

2. admonition, foreboding; þessi minning varð náliga hverja nótt. Fms. vii. 187.

3 minning

COMPDS: minningarmark, minningartíð, minningarverðr.

Runic Inscription

ᛘᛁᚾᚾᛁᚾᚴ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

f.: feminine.
l.: Linnæus.
pl.: plural.
pref.: preface.
S.: South, Southern.

Works & Authors

Blas.: Blasius Saga. (F. III.)
Dipl.: Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

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