Flint

Old Danish Dictionary - flint

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

The Old Danish word Flint can mean:

  • no. hank. ( t. flins); som flinten mand hundred funker da skal af ham stød og knuge, hand er dog ever. Kingo, Chr. V. bl. — fit.stensplinter; segmina lapidum, flint- er. Colding, Etymol. 1131. Smlgn.stenflint og eng. flinders? — flint og kul anbragtes af sandemændene imellem de stene, der sattes som skælstene;han haffuer ladet kraffuitt sandmendtt att sette steen, kull oc flint inde iKlackerunde fellebunden marek, som thee meen, met vrett (1547). D. Mag.4. R. I. 836. Smlgn. A. Berntsen.NI. 472-738.

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

Abbreviations used:

eng.
engelsk.
g.
grad (gradus).
hank.
hankon (masculinum).
n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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