Yrða

man

nafnorðhvorugkyn
, does not occur in unless it be in mana, 13 (mͣ in ); [man is an ancient word only used in old laws and poetry, it remains in the compd man-sal, and in the local name Man-heimar; ‘man’ (ἀνδράποδον), being neuter and having but one n, is of different origin from mann (ἄνθρωπος, ἀνήρ), which is and has a double final The etymology of this word is lost in the remotest antiquity; it appears in the mana-houbit = a bondman’s head, a ‘serf’s head;’ (Grimm in R. A. expresses a doubt as to the current etymology of man-cipium from manu-capere; man and caput?). In early law the word occurs twice or thrice, næmpnæ man, næmpnæ quicfæ, Schlyter i. 134; in Gutalagen—kauper tu mans man i garth thin ( mans-mann = a bondman, mans-manna and mans-maðr, see Schlyter’s Glossary).]
B. A bondman, originally of prisoners of war who were sold as slaves (Irish in the west, Finns and Slaves in the east), see 12, ( i. 92); svá ok ef hann vill í mani gjalda, tva aura fyrir einn, ok á hann lausn á maninu en næstu misseri ef hann hefir upp alit, i. 396; kaupa man ok gefa frelsi, i. 5, 6; ok þat fé skal hálft vera í gulli ok í silfri en hálit í mani hérrænu (native bondmen) eigi ellra en fertogu, né yngra en fimmtán vetra, SS; mans leiga, 224; ok heimta hann sem annan mans-mann, 58; mani austrænu, eastern slaves, Hornklofi; máttkar meyjar at mani hafðar, 1, 15; er þú man keyptir, 8; hálfa aðra alin fyrir frjálsgjafa, penning veginn fyrir man-manna, i, 347; næst kirkju-garði skal grafa man-manna, 345; maðr manna, no doubt false for man-manna, 388; er hann réttlauss við hann ok hans konu ok man hans allt, 36, 66; þar kom mart man falt, þar sá Loðinn konu nokkura er seld hafði verit mansali, i. 185: , mold ok man, iii. 92,
II. a girl, maid, as also in a worse sense, a mistress, for bondwomen often became their master’s mistresses (see 12), so that this sense grew out of the preceding one; líki leyfa ens ljósa mans, 91; í myrkri skal við man spjalla, 81; et horska man, 101; et manunga man, 163; þat et unga man, þat et mjallhvíta man, 6, 7; bjarthaddað man, 1. 33; harðúðigt man, 27; fóstr-man, a bondwoman nurse, 3. 67; mans at kosta, 16; hvé ek at andspilli komumk ens unga mans, 11; hve ek fyrir-banna manna glaum mani, manna nyt mani, how I ban her from all concourse with men, 34; Ylfinga man, 2. 3; Yggjar man, the beloved of Ygg (Odin) = the Earth, ; Héðins man = Hilda, the beloved of Hedin, ix. (in a verse); bjarnar man, a giantess, 13. It is probable that in some law phrases the obso- lete ‘man’ has been replaced by the common ‘mann,’ in gefa manni frelsi (mani? manfrelsi), i. 5: as also in mana-kaup in the law, see Schlyter’s introd. to the 10th vol. of Sver. Gamla Lagar.
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Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • plur.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • MS.manuscript, manuscripts.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • prob.probably.
  • masc.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • O. H. G.Old High German.
  • Lat.Latin.
  • perh.perhaps.
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • i. e.id est.
  • cp.compare.
  • ch.chapter.
  • allit.alliteration, alliterative.
  • v. l.varia lectio.
  • e. g.exempli gratia.
  • COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
  • Stor.Sona-torrek. (A. III.)
  • Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
  • Ó. T.Ólafs saga Tryggvasonar. (E. I.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
  • N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
  • K. Þ. K.Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
  • Gs.Grótta-söngr. (A. II.)
  • Am.Atla-mál. (A. II.)
  • Hm.Hává-mál. (A. I.)
  • Alm.Alvís-mál. (A. I.)
  • Skv.Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
  • Hbl.Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
  • Skm.Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
  • Hkv.Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
  • Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.