Á-minning
Old Norse Dictionary - á-minning
Meaning of Old Norse word "á-minning"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word á-minning can mean:á-minning
- á-minning
- f. warning, admonition, reproof; áðr menn urðu til á. við hann um þetta mál, … reminded him, called it into his recollection, Fms. xi. 286, Sks. 335; fjandans á., instigation, Fms. viii. 54; heilsusamligar á., vi. 281; Guðs á., Ver. 6, Stj. 116; var þó mörg á. (many foreboding symptoms) áðr þessa lund for …; góðrar áminningar, beatae memoriae (rare), H. E. i. 514.
- á-minning
- COMPDS: áminningarmaðr, áminningarorð, áminningarvísa.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅ-ᛘᛁᚾᚾᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Ver.
- Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)