Mön

Old Norwegian Dictionary - mön

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "mön" (or mǫn) in Norwegian.

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

mön (mǫn): mön, f. (G. manar, N. Pl. manar) de langeHaar som have sin Rod i Hestens Mankeeller Overdelen af dens Hals, lat. juba,= fax; hesta beztr þykkir hann (nl.Skinfaxi) með reiðgotum, ey lýsir mönaf mari Vafþr. 12; Þrymr - mörumsínum mön jafnaði Hmh. 6; sér-a þúsíðan - gulls miðlendr geira skepta,manar meita, né mara keyra Ghe. 37;sagði (nl. Bjørn), at hann mundi fara áHvítingshjalla ok skera mön á hross-um Þorsteins áðr hann sendi þau vestrHitd. 624; f. dvelst eptir ok strýkrhrossum sínum ok skerr mön á hestun-um Finb. 4512 (c. 24); Hrafn vildi takahesta sína ok skera mön á Vem. 13149;Þórir fór at skera mön á hrossumsínum Þorskf. 6612.

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, mön may be more accurately written as mǫn.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛘᚯᚿ
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.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

Pl.: Pluralis.

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