Kannike

Old Danish Dictionary - kannike

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

The Old Danish word Kannike can mean:

  • no. kannik; Erich Daa, channicke i Lundt (1531). Rosenv.,G1. D. I. 45; huer canicke skulde holde en vicarium choralem. Hvitf., Bispekr. s1". — the forsagde canike aff Lund (1379). Mob. o. Peters. 6; thre kaneke i Roskilde (1420). n.D: Mag. VI. 239; en artid, som kaunicke schulle holle met messzer (1464). sst. I, 157. Smlgn. medkannike ndf.

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

Abbreviations used:

g.
grad (gradus).
n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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