"man" meaning in Old Norse

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Noun

Etymology: Probably from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“fellow human”) Etymology templates: {{der|non|gem-pro|*gamaną||fellow human}} Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“fellow human”) Head templates: {{head|non|nouns|g=n|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} man n, {{non-noun|n|mans|mǫn}} man n (genitive mans, plural mǫn) Inflection templates: {{non-decl-n-a|man|mǫn}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=mǫnin|api=mǫn|asd=manit|asi=man|dpd=mǫnunum|dpi=mǫnum|dsd=maninu|dsi=mani|g=neuter|gpd=mananna|gpi=mana|gsd=mansins|gsi=mans|notes=|npd=mǫnin|npi=mǫn|nsd=manit|nsi=man|stem=strong a-stem|title=man}}, {{non-decl-cell|man|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|manit|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|mǫn|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|mǫnin|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|man|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|manit|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|mǫn|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|mǫnin|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|mani|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|maninu|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|mǫnum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|mǫnunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|mans|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|mansins|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|mana|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|mananna|gpd}} Forms: mans [genitive], mǫn [plural], strong [table-tags], man [indefinite, nominative, singular], manit [definite, nominative, singular], mǫn [indefinite, nominative, plural], mǫnin [definite, nominative, plural], man [accusative, indefinite, singular], manit [accusative, definite, singular], mǫn [accusative, indefinite, plural], mǫnin [accusative, definite, plural], mani [dative, indefinite, singular], maninu [dative, definite, singular], mǫnum [dative, indefinite, plural], mǫnunum [dative, definite, plural], mans [genitive, indefinite, singular], mansins [definite, genitive, singular], mana [genitive, indefinite, plural], mananna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. household, house-folk, bondslaves Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-man-non-noun-qkFK1jer
  2. bondwoman, female slave Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-man-non-noun-cPGsCYsB Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 41 57 2
  3. woman, maid Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-man-non-noun-ApS550Z~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mankynni [neuter, plural], mansal [neuter], mansmaðr [masculine]

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          "bondslave"
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          "roman": "þat it mjallhvíta man.",
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          "bondslave",
          "bondslave"
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          "bondwoman",
          "bondwoman"
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          "english": "Quickly will I have your agreement\nand win the word of marriage;\nI would rather own than be without\nthat pale maid.",
          "ref": "900-1100, The Alvíssmál, verse 7",
          "roman": "þat it mjallhvíta man.",
          "text": "Sáttir þínar er ek vil snemma hafa\nok þat gjaforð geta;\neiga vilja heldr en án vera",
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      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
          "maid",
          "maid"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "man"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Norse dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (a644e18 and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.