Tingmand

Old Danish Dictionary - tingmand

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

The Old Danish word Tingmand can mean:

  • no. (mat Ginkmau)
  • 1) mand, som er vidne (og deltager i dommen) soloPå ting; tholff da vor di tinge-mend, fm hinder skulle dømme thill døde. ger IL 580; som skal lade sit liff efter tingmends dom. OMrIVL mhb k7; dennom skall hand forhøre paa byetingitt mett byeskemner och mett tingmendene (1629). KD III 85; ingen aff tingmendene maa gaa aff tinget vden oldermandens minde (1654). KD V. 373; DL 1-7-1 (ovf. IV. 14423); at byetings retten maa med ére ting- mænd holdes (1711). KD VIIL 215. Jf Schlyter: pingsmæn; Lund: thing-h iomæn.
  • 2) mand, der ofte går til ting; forensis homo, tingmand, som gierne lader sig finde til ting. Etym 472.

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

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Abbreviations used:

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

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