Dan

Old Norwegian Dictionary - dan

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "dan" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

dan: dan, m. = herra (sp. don, gfr. dan, lat.dominus, mlat. domnus), en Titel somtillagdes de høiere Geistlige, saasomBiskopper, Abbeder o. desl. (Du CangeII, 161 fg). DN. II, 36. 121. Ordet gik dernæst over til at blive Øgenavn: Hákon D. DN. IV, 113; Þorgeirr D.DN. VII, 29727; EJb. 545; hvorhos det ogsaa blev Personnavn: D. GunnarssonDN. II, 1455. 1485; Dan Ólafsson DN.III, 3912; jvf Dan á Róm EJb. 6321;og Stedsnavnene: Dansróar EJb. 58 fg;Dansruð EJb. 477 fg

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᛆᚿ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

D.: Dativ.

desl.: deslige.

fr.: fransk.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

mlat.: Latinsk eller Mibbelalderens Sprog.

p.: Pagina, side.

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