minning

English

Verb

minning

1. present participle and gerund of min

Icelandic

Etymology

From minni +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnːiŋk/

  Rhymes: -ɪnːiŋk

Noun

minning f (genitive singular minningar, nominative plural minningar)

1. memory, recollection (particular recollection rather than the general faculty)

Declension

declension of minning

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	minning	minningin	minningar	minningarnar
accusative	minningu	minninguna	minningar	minningarnar
dative	minningu	minningunni	minningum	minningunum
genitive	minningar	minningarinnar	minninga	minninganna

Derived terms

• minningargrein
• minningargripur

See also

• minni

Old Norse

Etymology

From minna +‎ -ing.

Noun

minning f (genitive minningar, dative minningu)

1. memory, recollection, remembrance
2. (plural only) traces
3. gift, present
4. requital, revenge
5. admonition, foreboding
6. mention, suggestion, proposal

Declension

  Declension of minning (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	minning	minningin	minningar	minningarnar
accusative	minning	minningina	minningar	minningarnar
dative	minningu	minningunni	minningum	minningunum
genitive	minningar	minningarinnar	minninga	minninganna

Descendants

• Icelandic: minning
• Norwegian Nynorsk: minning
• Norwegian Bokmål: minning

References

• “minning”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press