Nänning

Old Swedish Dictionary - nänning

Meaning of Old Swedish word "nänning" (or nænning) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

nänning (nænning)
driftighet, företagsamhet. " nänningh hawir päningh" GO 470.

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so nänning may have also been written as nænning

Part of speech: nn

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚿᛅᚿᚿᛁᚿᚵ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.

Works and authors cited:

GO
Gamla Ordspråk. Utg. af H. Reuterdahl. 1840.
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