Meginland

Old Norwegian Dictionary - meginland

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "meginland" in Norwegian.

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

meginland
meginland, n. Hovedland, Fastland i Mod-sætning til mindre omgivende Ølande(forvansket til midland, medland P.Claussøn 527. 25029. 44011; medjeland,midjeland J. Nilssøns Visitatsbøger S. 1718. 21422. 22611. 24224; = mht. mege-land, megland Das Seebuch von Kopp-mann S. 101a14 fgg; eng. mainland). Flat.I, 5319. II, 3949; Laxd. 14 (2526); Grg.I, 315.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᚽᚵᛁᚿᛚᛆᚿᚦ
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:

eng.
engels.
lat.
latinsk.
n.
Neutrum.
S.
Side.

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