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English
Verb
minning
- present participle and gerund of min
Icelandic
Etymology
From minni + -ing.
Pronunciation
Noun
minning f (genitive singular minningar, nominative plural minningar)
- memory, recollection (particular recollection rather than the general faculty)
Declension
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Old Norse
Etymology
From minna + -ing.
Noun
minning f (genitive minningar, dative minningu)
- memory, recollection, remembrance
- (plural only) traces
- gift, present
- requital, revenge
- admonition, foreboding
- mention, suggestion, proposal
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “minning”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive