Bean

Old Danish Dictionary - bean

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

The Old Danish word Bean can mean:

  • no. en tølper, et uskik- keligt menneske. Moth; Imilke grofve oc uhøflede beaner oc eseler de ere. P. Resen. 407; en sinke, idiot, bean. P. Syv. Il. 169 (se tryktejls- liste. sst. 11.76"). Smlgn.: supervenien- tes de novo scholares, qvos vulgo bea- nos vocant (1479). S.R.D. VIII 343 og Du Cange: beanus, hvor ordet for- klares af fr, bejaune, becjaune, fugle- unge, der ej har forladt reden. jvfr. Diefenbach: beanus, Sch. u. L, nachtrag: beane.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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