See also: Menning and -menning

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From menna (to develop, to increase), analogous to Old Norse menning.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

menning f (genitive singular menningar, uncountable)

  1. development, progress
  2. (weather) increase of wind

Declension edit

Declension of menning (singular only)
f6s singular
indefinite definite
nominative menning menningin
accusative menning menningina
dative menning menningini
genitive menningar menningarinnar

References edit

Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (menning)

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse menning (education).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

menning f (genitive singular menningar, nominative plural menningar)

  1. civilization, culture

Declension edit

References edit

  • menning in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From menna (to make a man of someone, breed) +‎ -ing.

Noun edit

menning f

  1. breeding, upbringing, education

Declension edit

References edit

  • menning”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press