Menntan

Meaning of Old Norse word "menntan"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

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.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᚾᚾᛏᛅᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements