Mejs

Old Danish Dictionary - mejs

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

The Old Danish word Mejs can mean:

  • se mers. Mejsan (missan, mussen), no. me - san; skulle de oc jeke heller våsta deris meysaner aff masten. Jes. 33.2 (1550; 1589: myssaner); epidromon, mussan, M. Pors, De nomencl. 151. (Steph., Nomencl. I. 204: musan, meesan); blinden oc missanen. Co- menius, Opladne Dør. $463; mistes baadesinfochmast ochmusan.P.Resen. 400 (her måske snarest om mesan- masten). Smlgn. eng. mizzen.

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

Abbreviations used:

eng.
engelsk.
g.
grad (gradus).
n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).

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