mened

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish meneth, 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

References

• “mened” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “mened” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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 [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “mened”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “mened”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• 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