Minning
Old Norse Dictionary - minning
Meaning of Old Norse word "minning"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word minning can mean:minning
- 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.
- minning
- 2. admonition, foreboding; þessi minning varð náliga hverja nótt. FmS. vii. 187.
- minning
- COMPDS: minningarmark, minningartíð, minningarverðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᚾᚾᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- pl.
- plural.
- pref.
- preface.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- 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.)