Underhold(n)ing

Old Danish Dictionary - underhold(n)ing

Meaning of Old Danish word "Underhold(n)ing", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Underhold(n)ing can mean:

  • no. (sv underhåll- sing) føde, næring, underhold; (1535). NM V. 224 (ovf. TIL. 427 as); Guds ords tienere komme til en god inderholding. PISk gå; skulde jeglefue aff min vnderholding. HWR 290; (1358). Rsv JL. 281; VdS fort 28;(1593). RAU IV. 394 (ovf. III. 470818); et stycke jord, hvis fructbarhed kand gilve en underholding. BT I. 50; S gaff dem boglig oc een underholding goed. GU 47; — bleff saa thill ens med patronen med woris vnderholdning, ath hand oss foere skulde. KhSs I. 484; suilicientia vitæ, vnderholdning, Etym 381 (MP 216 og Dict: vnderholding). Vuderhugge, go. (t unterhaven) + hugge løs nedentil. M.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚢᚿᚦᚽᚱᚼᚮᛚᚦ(ᚿ)ᛁᚿᚵ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

g.
grad (gradus).
go.
gærningsord (verbum).
no.
navneord (substantivum).

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