Móna
Old Norse Dictionary - móna
Meaning of Old Norse word "móna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- móna
- u, f. [the word is still said to be used in provinc. Icel., and also remains in provinc. Swed. lius-muna = ljós-móðir, q. v. (Ihre); Scot. minnie]:—mammy, of a baby; mona mín móna, kveðr barnið, við mik göra verst hjóna, Skálda (Thorodd) 163.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᚾᛅ
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.
- provinc.
- provincial.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)