Manga

Old Norwegian Dictionary - manga

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "manga" in Norwegian.

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

manga: manga, f. et Slags Krigsmaskine (balista),som man brugte til dermed at slyngeKastevaaben ind over en beleiret By (sandsynligvis af lat. machina se Sar-torius Gesch. der deutschen Hanse her-ausg. von Lappenberg II, 62031 fgg), medHensyn til hvis Beskaffenhed henvises til Höf. Leb. II, 344 fgg jvf Mhd. Wb. II,1, 60b28 fgg; den var sandsynligvis =mangunum, mangana o. s. v. Du CangeII, 2, 384 fg; ital. mangano Diez3 I,26139 fg, men forskjellig fra blide (de blideunde oc de mangen Leibnitz script. rer. Brunswic. III, 33) og sandsynlig- vis = machinamentum sagittarum, vul-gariter eyn schietende werk Mnd. Wb.I, 357b3; biskup hafði þar suðrmanneinn, er gera kunni möngu - -; okef eigi brýt ek þessa (nl. borg), sagðihann, leggit mik í slönguna ok slöngvitmér at borginni o. s. v. Fm. IX, 103 fgg

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛆᚿᚵᛆ
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.

ital.: italiensk.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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