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Norþ-mann

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
Norþ-mann, es; m.
A man belonging to a northern country.
a Norseman, Norwegian or Dane
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  • Ealle ða ðe on Norþhymbrum búgeaþ, ǽgþer ge Englisce ge Denisce ge Norþmen,

    • Chr. 924
    • ;
    • Erl. 110, 17.
  • Gewitan him ðá Norþmen nægledcnearrum,

    • 937
    • ;
    • Erl. 115, 2.
  • Ða Cwénas hergiaþ hwílum on ða Norþmen (

    Norwegians

    )

    ofer ðone mór, hwílumda Norþmen on hý,

    • Ors. 1, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 19, 3-5 : 16, 36.
  • Ða Normen áhton sige,

    • Chr. 1066
    • ;
    • Erl. 199, 40 : 200, 26.
  • Hé sǽde ðæt Norþmanna land (

    Norway

    )

    wǽre swýðe lang and swýðe smæl,

    • Swt. 18, 24.
  • Hé ( Ohthere from Halgoland ) ealra Norþmonna norþmest búde,

    • 17, 2.
  • On his dagum cómon ǽrest iii scipu Norþmanna ... Ðæt wǽron ða érestan scipu Deniscra manna ðe Angelcynnes land gesóhton,

    • Chr. 787
    • ;
    • Erl. 57, 21-25.
  • Ðǽr geflémed wearþ Norþmanna bregu,

    • 937
    • ;
    • Erl. 112, 33.
  • Wǽran ǽr under Norþmannum,

    • 942
    • ;
    • Erl. 116, 15.
  • The word occurs as a proper name :

    -- Norþman Leófwines sunu,

    • 1017
    • ;
    • Erl. 161, 6.
referring to other countries
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  • Norþmen ( those who attacked Sodom ),

    • Cd. Th. 120, 16
    • ;
    • Gen. 1995.
  • Norþmonna,

    • 124, 25
    • ;
    • Gen. 2068.
  • Norþmonnum,

    • 119, 9
    • ;
    • Gen. 1977.
Etymology
[
Icel. norð-maðr a Norwegian
:
O. H. Ger. nord-man.
]
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v.  Nor-men.
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