Kumpánn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kumpánn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kumpánn" in Norwegian.

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

kumpánn: kumpánn, m. (G. -s, n. Pl. -ar) = félagi(roman. compagn Diez3 I, 13612, t. compan, kumpan DWb. II, 63151 V,261224; jvf mlat. companium dvs. mötu-neyti se Du Cange I, 113054) 1) Personder staar i saadant Forhold til andre, som medfører Fællesskab i Virksomhedog Interesse; átti hann þá skipara-stefnu ok segir svá til sínna kumpánaFm. VI, 114; jvf Dn. IV, 23426. VII,10310; Karlsefn. 14 (1658); skyldu allir(paa Reisen) vera á einn kost semkumpánar Æf. 729. 2) Person medhvem man har et Mellemværende, harhaft noget at gjøre. Brandkross. 6125. 3) Ægtefælle, Person af andet Kjøn,med hvilken nogen fører Samliv; játtaðaek (Þ. kórsbróðir í Osló) RagnildiÖlvirsdóttur kumpáne mínom hennitil heimanfylgju hundraða -; afhendiek þá upp Páli Svenkasyni festamannefyrrnefndre Ragnildi halft ellugta eyrisból &c. Dn. I, 3895. 4) det mandlige Lem, lat. penis, = félagi 4 (jvf Mnd. Wb.II, 595 b5). Flat. I, 1993. 5. - Jvf. kom-þánn.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚢᛘᛕᛆᚿᚿ
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:

c.: Capitel.

f.: Feminin.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

mlat.: Latinsk eller Mibbelalderens Sprog.

n.: Neutrum.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

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