Bagn

Old Danish Dictionary - bagn

Meaning of Old Danish word "Bagn", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Bagn can mean:

  • no. (isl. båkn)
  • 1) bavn; nar fyendæ kommæ fore landet og bagn brænder og widie brand gingæ (1429). D. Mag. V. 320; bagner och skiotte- volde at ferdiggiøre (1646). N. D. Mag. II. 291. — giørendis eders baffuel fordige oc strax, som it eller flere op- tendis aff demom. Hvitf. IX. på"; — denne bawen, Pallad., Visitatsb. 109. —
  • 2) forsømmelse ved bavnen; omnes villici . . . pro exces- sibus suis omnibus videlicet furto, ho- micidio , . . baken, strandworth nulli respondere debeant nisi abbati (1444). Codex Esromensis, 79.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᛆᚵᚿ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

isl.
islandsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
g.
grad (gradus).

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