ᚨᚾᚾ

Old Dutch

FWOTD – 15 June 2013

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ann, first and third person singular of *unnaną (“to grant, bestow, thank”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃neh₂- (“to enjoy”).

Verb

ᚨᚾᚾ (ann)

1. to give, to grant, to bestow (first and third person singular present)
   • 5th century, Bergakker inscription (transcription and translation of the other words are uncertain, many more variants have been proposed):

     ᚺᚨ?Vᚦ?V??ᛊ:ᚨᚾᚾ:ᚲVᛊᛃᚨᛗ:ᛚᛟᚷVᚾᛊ:

     haþ̣ụþụw͡as : ann : kụsjam :
                   : logụns :
     Haþuþȳwas. Ann kusjam logūns.

     Haþuþyw's. I/He grant(s) a flame (i.e. brand, sword) to the select.

Conjugation

See Proto-West Germanic *unnan.

Further reading

• Bernard Mees, The Bergakker Inscription and the Beginnings of Dutch, in: 2002, Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik, vol. 56, edited by Erika Langbroek, Arend Quak, Annelies Roeleveld and Paula Vermeyden, p. 23–26
• Pforzen und Bergakker. Neue Untersuchungen zu Runeninschriften, edited by Alfred Bammesberger in editorial collaboration with Gaby Waxenberger, Göttingen 1999 (= Historische Sprachforschung (Historical Linguistics) (vormals: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Sprachforschung): Ergänzungsheft 41, edited by Alfred Bammesberger and Günter Neumann)