Tun

Old Danish Dictionary - tun

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

The Old Danish word Tun can mean:

  • no.
  • 1) (svd tun, mnt, tun, begge hank.) gærde; iagede hannom offuer tun och gerdhe (1578). DMs II. 182; er HK, som hand vilde stige ofuer en thun, ihielfalden. Strelov 200.— wBegge st om Gotland. —
  • 2) arne- sted, bolig. M (i formen: ton jf Åsen: tun). Vel egenlig ikke dsk. Jf isl tin (0: indhegning), ik.

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

Abbreviations used:

no.
navneord (substantivum).
hank.
hankon (masculinum).
n.
norsk.
g.
grad (gradus).
ik.
intetkøn (nevbram).

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