Midsommersmand

Old Danish Dictionary - midsommersmand

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

The Old Danish word Midsommersmand can mean:

  • no. on mand, der har mistet sin borgerlige ære; civiliter mortuus kaldis en mindre mand, en midsommers mand. Helvad, Formularb, d1; sDipkaldes oe dend, som er luvforvunden vv hufver mist sin ære for nogen udyd, midsommers mand. P, Syv, Cimbr. Sprog, 10; Moth.

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

Abbreviations used:

no.
navneord (substantivum).

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