Mælandi

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mælandi

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mælandi" in Norwegian.

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

mælandi: mælandi, m. (eg. Præs. Part. af mæla I) 1) Talsmand, Sagfører, Person som op-træder i en Retstvist paa egne ellerandres Vegne; Páll segir, at engi væriréttindi í (nl. riptinginni?), ef jafnirmælendr væri at Sturl. I, 38924; nú erunnit á þeim manni, er hann er fulltíðiat aldri, en hann er svá vitlítill, athann á eigi forráð fjár síns, ok á sámaðr sök þá, er hann er réttr mælandimáls hans Grág. 36613 (Grg. I, 16922). 2) Taler, lat. orator; ritar hann bókvitrliga ok sendir til Romam ok meðsvá mikilli snilli, at hinn mikli mælandiSimacus þorði eigi orði i móti at mæla(= lat. præclarissimum librum con-scripsit, ut contra nihil unquam auderets. vir eloquentissimus respondere VitaAmbrosii foran Ambrosius de officiisministrorum ed. Krabinger s. 146, me-dens Symmachus ellers gjerne bar Navnaf orator disertissimus) Heilag. I, 4128.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛅᛚᛆᚿᚦᛁ
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.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

Part.: Participium.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

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