Hundepenning

Old Danish Dictionary - hundepenning

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

The Old Danish word Hundepenning can mean:

  • no. en afgift; swdørgiwæ oc swa for thæn giald, thæn man kallæ hwnds pemningæ. Univ. Jub.amf. Bland. I. 163. Rosenvinge har (Gl. L. V. 643) formodet, at der skulde læses hudpenning. Formodnin- sen kunde synes rimelig, men i Tysk (indes lign. navne for afgifter, seS ch. u. L.: hundegelt; Grimm, Wb: hundegeld.

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

Abbreviations used:

g.
grad (gradus).
n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
æ.
ældre.

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