Minnþak

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Minnþak

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 minnþak

n. [from a Gaelic word min = flour], dough made of butter and flour kneaded by the Irish slaves to slake their thirst at sea when short of water, Landn. 34: whence Minnþaks-eyrr, f. a local name in Icel., see Landn. l. c. and Fs.

Runic Inscription

ᛘᛁᚾᚾþᛅᚴ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

f.: feminine.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
l. c.: loco citato.
loc: local, locally.
n.: neuter.

Works & Authors

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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