Egn

Old Danish Dictionary - egn

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

The Old Danish word Egn can mean:

  • no. (Lund: eghn.) ejendom; hun haver køpt en then eghv, ther skylder twsende fald meræ, æn ther hun for gaff. Hell. Kvind- er. 70.17; han bøth henne rigdom, huss oc eghn. sst. 74.15; the wore afftver wundhmæ aff dane konghe mz alle theres eghn. Rimkr. h6. — 2) jordtilliggende; meth alde then halve gardz tilleyæ, jtem half alth then eyn, ther then forsathe halvæ gardh tilligen er, swasom halue aggre, halue ægnæ, halve skowæne (1404). Molb. o. Peters. 188. Smlgn. eje- dom 1) og 2).

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

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Abbreviations used:

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

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