mened
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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish mēnēþ, from Old Norse meineiðr, from Proto-Germanic *mainaiþaz (“perjury”), from *mainą + *aiþaz. Cognate of Old English mānāþ, German Meineid, Dutch meineed.
Noun
mened c (singular definite meneden, not used in plural form)
Declension
Declension of mened
| common gender |
Singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mened | meneden |
| genitive | meneds | menedens |
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish mēnēþer, from Old Norse meineiðr, from Proto-Germanic *mainaiþaz (“perjury”), from *mainą + *aiþaz. Equivalent to men + ed. Cognate of Old English mānāþ, Danish mened, German Meineid, Dutch meineed.
Noun
mened c
Declension
| Declension of mened | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | mened | meneden | meneder | menederna |
| Genitive | meneds | menedens | meneders | menedernas |
References
- mened in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- mened in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- mened in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- mened in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- meneþer in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T
- The Swedish Criminal Code (Brottsbalken), official English translation.