Menna
Old Norse Dictionary - menna
Meaning of Old Norse word "menna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word menna can mean:menna
- menna
- t, [maðr or mannr], to make a man of, rear, breed; mun ek fylgja sonum mínum, menna þá ok hreysta eptir megni, Finnb. 332.
- menna
- II. reflex. to become a man, of breeding and the like: ef þeir vilja mennask, Fb. i. 509.
- menna
- 2. part. menntr, bred, accomplished as a man, esp. in a moral sense; hann átti marga sonu ok vel mennta, Eb. 10 new Ed.; vel menntr um marga hluti, Fms. xi. 322; Valþjófr var manna bazt menntr, Orkn. 242; vel menntr í alla staði, Bær. 18; ok var Þórðr eigi at verr m. þótt hann leitaði sér ráðs, Ld. 52; hann var vel m., klerkr góðr ok trúmaðr, Fms. ix. 531; gildir menn ok allvel menntir, Hrafn. 26; hinn skörnligasti maðr ok vel menntr, Bjarn. 4.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᚾᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- esp.
- especially.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- part.
- participle.
Works & Authors cited:
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
- Bær.
- Bærings Saga. (G. II.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hrafn.
- Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)