Mis-kunna
Old Norse Dictionary - mis-kunna
Meaning of Old Norse word "mis-kunna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word mis-kunna can mean:mis-kunna
- mis-kunna
- mod. mis-kuna, að, to shew mercy, pardon, with dat.; m. máli e-s, to pardon, deal mercifully with one, Sks. 652, Fms. ii. 119, viii. 24, Greg. 24; miskunnaðu mér Guð = miserere mei Dens, Fms. viii. 239: passim in eccl. usage, Guð miskuni nú öllum oss, a hymn.
- mis-kunna
- II. with acc., miskunna e-n, O. H. l. 40, Str. 74, Sks. 255, (rare.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᛋ-ᚴᚢᚾᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- acc.
- accusative.
- L.
- Linnæus.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- O. H. L.
- Ólafs Saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)
- Str.
- Strengleikar. (G. II.)