Duve

Old Danish Dictionary - duve

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

The Old Danish word Duve can mean:

  • no. hunk. ( isl. dufa.) due; handt lader controfeije sith be- lede med then helliand wdi een dwfiw- is ligning. P. Eliesen. 80. — han wisændhe dwæn ... hwilkæn thæn tidh lion haffde ikke funnet, ther som hænnæs fodh haffde fonghet roo. 1. Msb. 8.9 (G1. D. Bib., 1550); bære to vnge duer frem til præsten ... band skal gøre den første til syndoffer oc yrie halsen i tw paa hende. 3. Msb. 5.9; det da hørde den simpel due, huh flog til ørnen. Grundtv., Folkev. MW. 670a. Smlgn. skovdue.

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

Abbreviations used:

g.
grad (gradus).
hunk.
hunkøn (femininum).
isl.
islandsk.
n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).

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