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minn

nafnorðkvenkyn
, mín, , mitt, poss. :—in the possessive pronouns minn, þinn, sinn (meus, tuus, suus), usage pronounces i long (í) before one consonant, but short (i) before a double consonant, and accordingly all modern editions of old writers make a distinction in the root vowel, thus, minn, minnar, minni, minna, but mín, mínir, mínar, mínum; whereas the ancients pronounced í throughout, as is seen from Thorodd, who distinguishes between the short i in minna (memorare) and the long í in mínna (meorum), 163; and still more clearly from rhymes, mítt and hvíti, 63; mínn (meum) and sína, Arnór ( 104); mítt, frítt, and mítt, sítt, Völs. R. 136, 137. As late as the 14th century, in the corrections by the second hand of the Flatey-book, mijtt = mítt; the older vellums do not distinguish between i and í; also the cognate languages: [ meins; and mîn; mine; mein; mîn.]
B. Mine and my = meus, in countless instances: the possessive pronoun is usually put after the noun, bróðir minn, faðir minn; for the sake of emphasis only can it stand before, minn hamar, 3; minn dróttinn, 3; minn Sigurðr, 1. 18; míns málvinar, 20; mínu bölvi, id.; mínir bræðr, 2. 3; minn herra, vii. 197; mínar eru sorgirnar þungar sem blý, (in a verse): in writers, perhaps influenced by Luther’s Bible, this use has increased, and is in the , , ; in popular speech, however, the old usage still holds good, ( mother mine, )
2. in addressing, my dear! Jón minn! Sigríðr mín! móðir mín! barnið mitt! II. as mitt; [ το ἐμόν; meum]:—mine, my part; skal ek ekki mitt til spara, mine, all I have, 3; malit hefi ek mitt, I have done my share, 16.III. usage; eru slíkar mínar, such are mine ( affairs), Ísl. ii. 245.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • pron.fornafn (e. pronoun)
  • mod.modern.
  • cp.compare.
  • Goth.Gothic.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • O. H. G.Old High German.
  • Engl.English.
  • Germ.German.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • Lat.Latin.
  • eccl.ecclesiastical.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • neut.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • subst.substantive.
  • Gr.Greek.
  • ellipt.elliptical, elliptically.
  • viz.namely.
  • SkáldaSkálda. (H. I.)
  • Bjarn.Bjarnar saga. (D. II.)
  • Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
  • Þkv.Þryms-kviða. (A. I.)
  • Skm.Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
  • Gkv.Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
  • N. T.New Testament.
  • Pass.Passiu-Sálmar.
  • Vídal.Vídalíns-Postilla.
  • Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
  • Gs.Grótta-söngr. (A. II.)