Minnþak

Old Norse Dictionary - minnþak

Meaning of Old Norse word "minnþak"

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

minnþak
n. [from a Gaelic word min = flour], dough made of butter and flour kneaded by the Irish slaves to slake their thirst at sea when short of water, Landn. 34: whence Minnþaks-eyrr, f. a local name in Icel., see Landn. l. c. and Fs.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
l. c.
loco citato.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
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