mened

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish mēnēþ, from Old Norse meineiðr, from Proto-Germanic *mainaiþaz (“perjury”), from *mainą + *aiþaz. Cognate of Old English mānāþ, German Meineid, Dutch meineed.

Noun

mened (singular definite c, plural indefinite mened)

1. perjury

Declension

Declension of mened

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mened	meneden	meneder	menederne
genitive	meneds	menedens	meneders	menedernes

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish mēnēþer, from Old Norse meineiðr, from Proto-Germanic *mainaiþaz (“perjury”), from *mainą + *aiþaz. Equivalent to men +‎ ed. Cognate of Old English mānāþ, Danish mened, German Meineid, Dutch meineed.

Noun

mened c

1. perjury

Declension

Declension of mened
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mened	meneden	meneder	menederna
Genitive	meneds	menedens	meneders	menedernas

References

• mened in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mened in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mened in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• mened in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• meneþer in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T
• The Swedish Criminal Code (Brottsbalken), official English translation.

Anagrams

• meden