mened

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish mēnēþ, from Old Norse meineiðr, from Proto-Germanic *mainaiþaz (“perjury”), from *mainą + *aiþaz. Cognate of Old English mānāþ, German Meineid, Dutch meineed.

Noun

mened c (singular definite meneden, not used in plural form)

1. perjury

Declension

Declension of mened

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mened	meneden
genitive	meneds	menedens

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish mēnēþer, from Old Norse meineiðr, from Proto-Germanic *mainaiþaz (“perjury”), from *mainą + *aiþaz. Equivalent to men +‎ ed. Cognate of Old English mānāþ, Danish mened, German Meineid, Dutch meineed.

Noun

mened c

1. perjury

Declension

Declension of mened

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mened	meneds
	definite	meneden	menedens
plural	indefinite	meneder	meneders
	definite	menederna	menedernas

References

• mened in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mened in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mened in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• mened in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• meneþer in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T
• The Swedish Criminal Code (Brottsbalken), official English translation.

Anagrams

• meden