Kurteiss

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kurteiss

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kurteiss" in Norwegian.

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

kurteiss: kurteiss, adj. 1) vant til at vise god Leve-maade, = hœverskr, fr. curtois; kur-teis kona Nj. 1 (18); Fm. VII, 1055;kurteiss maðr Fm. VI, 2253; Kgs. 571;kurteiss ok hœverskr Fm. IX, 53513;ogsaa kurteis kveðja Barl. 11036. 2) velskabt; hann var lítill vexti en þókurteiss Fm. VII, 1576; var hón hœv-ersk at meðferðum, kurteis í bolvextiHeilag. I, 5138; kurteiss um sínarhendr Sturl. I, 30714.

Part of speech: adj

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚢᚱᛏᚽᛁᛋᛋ
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:

adj.: Adjectiv.

fr.: fransk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

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