Kennandi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kennandi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kennandi" in Norwegian.

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

kennandi
kennandi, m. (eg. Præs. Part.) 1) Person som kjender, har Bekjendtskab til, kangjenkjende noget; at þeir vóru kenn-endr at þeim skógarmanni Grg. I,18916 jvf Grg. II, 1602 fg 5; Landsl. 3,1613. 2) Lærer, Prædikant, = kenni-maðr, kennari. Leif. 318 fg; Hom. 69; Heilag. I, 23726; hann var heilagrmaðr ok mikill kennandi Post. 29239jvf 44720; varð enn œzti kennandi okbiskup Heilag. I, 4716.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚽᚿᚿᛆᚿᚦᛁ
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:

eg.
egentlig.
f.
Feminin.
m.
Masculin.
Part.
Participium.
s.
substantiv.

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