Nidak

Old Danish Dictionary - nidak

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

The Old Danish word Nidak can mean:

  • to. karrig, gærrig; huad scal en nidsk hund met pendinge oc godz. Jes. Sir. 141; om hand kaldes saa... af hans karrighed, saasom vikalde en nidsk, en sulten luus. P. Syv. I. 27; hand vaar altid karrig oc gerig oe saare nidsk. Vedel, Saxo. 32; har i værdt alt for onde oc slemmer, sulten, maufiver, karg oc nidske. Ranch. 382; nidsk, sordidus, illiberalis. Col- ding, Dict. Herlov.

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

Abbreviations used:

t.
tysk.
to.
tillægsord (adjectivum).

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