Men

Old Danish Dictionary - men

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

The Old Danish word Men can mean:

  • no.
  • 1) sammenkomst, mode; mange lode sig ellers tycke forgode met mig at holde nogen meenoc mode: Hegelund, Calvmnia. 10; naar de vlærcker holdt moudeov meen. Lysehand, Grønl. Chronica. d2'; blefF bestillet almindelig meen oc mode at handle den sag. sammes Chr. V. I. 35; loed hid forskriffue baade moude oc meen af disse tre kongerige, sammes KalmarnskeTriumph. a4; lod biude et almindeligt moen oc mode. Lyseh- and. 46; som siden altid. haffuer verit de Cimbres meen, maalsteffne oc hyld- ings. stæd. sst. 19. —
  • 2) mængde; Carthago kund! ej moodstase den mact900 meene, som Regulus haer brugt mood dette diur allene, Hexsem. 244. Smlgn. Såderwall: mene. -—

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

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Abbreviations used:

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

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