Gærningsmand

Old Danish Dictionary - gærningsmand

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

The Old Danish word Gærningsmand can mean:

  • no. arbejder, hånd- værker; alle skomagere, skinnere, gullsmede oc andre sjerningsmænd, som bo i Bergen (1415). Norske Ma- gasin. I. 568; ængæn ær so godh gær- ningz man, at han kan nyttæ sin konvdæn anbuth. Lucid. 90; skikket ieg gernings mæn i atskille tid til at plante min vingard. H. Suso. 192. Smlgn. GI. D. Bib. gloss.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).

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