minnr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• miðr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *minniz, adverb of *minnizô.

Adverb

minnr (adjective minni, superlative minnst)

1. less; comparative degree of lítt

Descendants

• Icelandic: minnur, miður
• Faroese: miður
• Norwegian Nynorsk: minder; (dialectal) mindur

References

• “minnr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press