mennt

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mennt (“accomplishment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛn̥t/
• Rhymes: -ɛn̥t

Noun

mennt f (genitive singular menntar, nominative plural menntir)

1. skill, craft
2. education

Declension

declension of mennt

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mennt	menntin	menntir	menntirnar
accusative	mennt	menntina	menntir	menntirnar
dative	mennt	menntinni	menntum	menntunum
genitive	menntar	menntarinnar	mennta	menntanna

Synonyms

• (skill, craft): kunnátta, færni
• (education): menntun

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

mennt f

1. accomplishment

See also

• kunnandi

References

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