Enhq)ørning

Old Danish Dictionary - enhq)ørning

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

The Old Danish word Enhq)ørning can mean:

  • no. 1) = enhom 1); eth dywr, hedher enhyrnig, thet haver eth horn foræ i houethet. Lucid. 48; thu ær sosom derfuest enhørning, H. Suso. Tl.ss; Brandt. 262.n; Psalmedigt- ning. I. XV. b; hwes styrkæ ær ligh enhørnyngs. 4. Msb. 23.22 (Gl. D: Bib.; 1550, 1607; 1647: eenhiørnings); monoceron, enbyrnyng. Vocab. 1514; vnicornis, enhiorning. sst.; enbørning. Turson, Vocab. 167; Colding, Etymol. 252; ment du, at enhiørn- ingen skal tiene dig, kant du binde dit aag paa hannem. Job. 39.9-10 (1550, 1607; Luther: das einhorn); cenhørningen haver sit tilhold udi de allerforborgeneste udøreker. Comeni--us, Opladne Der. $ 191. — z) nar- hval; det haff-monstrum eenhørningen maa oc til vore landmænds tienist aff bryde hans stolte, stereke oc dyrebar horn. A. Berntsen. dedicat. a4'; Moth. — 3) = enhorn 2); giorde ieg for bans mayest. en baad af enbørning. Suhm, Saml. II. 3. 154.

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

Abbreviations used:

et.
enkelttal (singularis).
g.
grad (gradus).
n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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