ᛗᛁᚾᛁᚾᛟ
Proto-Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *mīnanǭ, masculine accusative singular of *mīnaz. The shift of *-an- to -in- can also be seen in the past participle ending of strong verbs, -ᛁᚾᚨᛉ (-inaʀ) (see there for examples) in turn from *-anaz. For more information see Ringe 2014, pages 18-20.
Pronoun
editᛗᛁᚾᛁᚾᛟ (minino /mīninō/)
- masculine accusative singular of *ᛗᛁᚾᚨᛉ (*minaʀ /mīnaz/, “my”)
- 3rd-6th century, inscription on the Kjølevik Stone (KJ75, NIæR19):
- ᚺᚨᛞᚢᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ ¶ ᛖᚲᚺᚨᚷᚢᛊᛏᚨᛞᚨᛉ ¶ ᚺᛚᚨᚨᛁᚹᛁᛞᛟᛗᚨᚷᚢᛗᛁᚾᛁᚾᛟ
hadulaikaz ¶ ekhagustadaz ¶ hlaaiwidomaguminino- Hadulaikaz ek Hagustaldaz hlaiwidō magu mīninō
- Hadulaikaz [lies here]. I, Hagustaldaz, buried my son
- 3rd-6th century, inscription on the Kjølevik Stone (KJ75, NIæR19):
Further reading
edit- Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 18-20
- interpretations to KJ75 in the Runenprojekt Kiel