Mangari

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mangari

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mangari" in Norwegian.

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

mangari: mangari, m. Smaahandler, Høker, som ind-kjøber Varer for igjen at udsælge demmed størst mulig Fordel (lat. mango, jvfDiefenbach Gloss. lat.-germ. s. 346c23;ags. mangare dvs. lat. mercator vel ne-gotiator Wright-Wülcker I, 53931 jvf31134; mnt. manger, menger, mongerMnd. Wb. III, 24b39. 6922. 27; mht. man-gære Mhd. Wb. II, I, 60b3). Byl. 3, 83.6, 826; Rb. 13, 8 (se under mang); mang-ari verr fé sítt í marga vánda vöru atauðgast ok eignast af því Str. 2627;hvorved han ansaaes for at indtage enringe Stilling, drive en mindre hæderligVirksomhed end kaupmaðr: þat varðarmiklu, hvárt maðr líkist heldr þeim,er kaupmenn ero réttir, eða þeim, ersér gefa kaupmanna nöfn ok eru þómangarar eða falsarar, selja ok kauparangliga Kgs. 514; met varning þínnallan í gótt verð ok þó því nær, semþú sér at taka mun, en eigi or hófi,þá heitir þú eigi mangari Kgs. 616.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᛆᚿᚵᛆᚱᛁ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

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