Prenta

Meaning of Old Norse word "prenta"

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

Old Norse word prenta can mean:prenta

prenta

að, [this word was borrowed prob. from the English during the English trade early in the 16th century; the Germ. say drucken whence Dan. and Swed. trycke]:—to print: in Icel. prenta with compds is the popular word, Biblía … prentað á Hólum, the Bible of 1584; Heilög Biblía prentuð að nýju að Hólum, the Edition of 1644; Almúgafólki til gagns og góða prentuð, the Book of Lays of 1612. On the other hand, the Germ.-Dan. þrykkja is often used on title-pages—þrykkt í konungligum stað Roscylld, the n. T. of 1540; þrykt á Hólum, 1594 (the graduale); þrykt í Kaupinhafn, the Hymn-book of 1555: yet the Germ. and Dan. word was not able to displace the old word, which never ceased to be used in speech.

prenta

COMPDS: prentsmiðja, prentverk, prentvilla.

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