Fornuft

Old Danish Dictionary - fornuft

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

The Old Danish word Fornuft can mean:

  • no. hunk.; det er wmue- ligt, at fornufft kand vide saadant, fordi at hun bliffuer ... Tidemand, Sjæl. Urtegd. f6"; fornufft begynder at gløre sit egenskab, saa meget hun kand. Tidemand, Post. I. 103; fomufften maa bekiende, ... naar hun arvåi sin høyeste vissdom. Lysehand. 4; Psalmedigtn. 1. 97b; 988b; for- måften ej kand hviile, for hun hukom- melsen om saadant kan opkaste. Hexaem. 265; Kingo, Psalmeb. 183; fornutiten tør ey seg det med sit blinde øye, hun maa sig lade nøye. B. Naur. 12" (hand. sst.). Smlgn. Sch. u. I: fornuft; ht. vemunft.

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

Abbreviations used:

ht.
højtysk.
hunk.
hunkøn (femininum).
n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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