Jesse

Old Danish Dictionary - jesse

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

The Old Danish word Jesse can mean:

  • no. isse, top; fraa hans jessæ oc til hans iliæ wor enthæ helth.Lucid. 8; fraa thyn iesse oe til thiu thas. Psalmedigtn.II.418b sst. I. XXIa); Khist. Saml. I. 449; fra thin jæsse oc til thine thæær (1497). Hdåskr. i Thottske Saml. nr. 558. 4% 49; Mod. confit, 18; Chr. Pe- dersen, II. 402; der varingen vanske pas hannem fra hans fodsaal til hans iese. 2. Sam. 14.18 (1550; 1589: isse) (isse. Ps. 7.17); vertex, krune, iessTurson, Vocab, 22. — Herræn foor nether paa Syrias biergh j thæn biergh- ens jesse. 2. Msb. 19.20 (GI. D. Bib.; 1550: paa toppen; Vulgata: in ver- tice); issæ. G1.D. Bib. 2. Msb. 24.7, Smlgn. iel. hjarsi; Rydqvist. I. 193.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.
æ.
ældre.

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