Kurteisi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kurteisi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kurteisi" in Norwegian.

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

kurteisi: kurteisi, f. god Levemaade, saadan Op-træden som viser, at man ved at skikkesig blandt Folk af Stand, = hœverska(se en proven/,c/alsk Digters Ord om, hvadderved forstaaes eller dertil hører, i Jahrb. f. rom. & eng. Lit. III, 407).Hirðskrá 3120; Flat. I, 4719; Gunl. 9(23615); Barl. 1277; með svá mikludrambi ok kurteisi Fm. X, 2323; hverrvill sveina ganga inn at Benteini, þater nú kurteisi (= þat er nú vaskligagert Fm. VII, 34215) Fris. 32932.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚢᚱᛏᚽᛁᛋᛁ
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:

b. f.: det famme.

eng.: engels.

f.: Feminin.

it.: italiensk.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

s.: substantiv.

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