Minnka
Old Norse Dictionary - minnka
Meaning of Old Norse word "minnka"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word minnka can mean:minnka
- minnka
- proncd. mínka, að, [minni, minnr], to lessen, diminish, 732. 1, Skálda 167, Rb. 334; m. sik, virðing sína, to lower oneself, Nj. 222, Sd. 154.
- minnka
- 2. impers. to abate, decrease; veðrit (acc.) minnkar, Eg. 99; skóginn minnkar, Str. 4; ísa minnkar, Fms. ix. 350.
- minnka
- II. reflex. to grow less, decrease; hiti minnkask, 732. 1, Barl. 70, 180, Rb. 474, Stj. 59: to be lowered, disgraced, ef Sturla er at nokkru minnkaðr, Sturl. i. 104; minnkask ekki, Hrafn. 16; minnkaðisk vár sæmd í því, Fms. x. 7.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᚾᚾᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- proncd.
- pronounced.
- acc.
- accusative.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- pers.
- person.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Str.
- Strengleikar. (G. II.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Hrafn.
- Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)