minnr

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *minniz, adverb of *minnizô.

Adverb

minnr (adjective minni, superlative minnst)

  1. less; comparative degree of lítt

Descendants

  • Icelandic: minnur, miður
  • Faroese: miður
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: minder; (dialectal) mindur

References

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