ᛗᛁᚾᛁᚾᛟ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mīnanǭ, masculine accusative singular of *mīnaz. The shift of *-an- to -in- can also be seen in the past participle ending of strong verbs, -ᛁᚾᚨᛉ (-inaʀ) (see there for examples) in turn from *-anaz. For more information see Ringe 2014, pages 18-20.

Pronoun

ᛗᛁᚾᛁᚾᛟ (minino /mīninō/)

1. masculine accusative singular of *ᛗᛁᚾᚨᛉ (*minaʀ /⁠mīnaz⁠/, “my”)
   • 3rd-6th century, inscription on the Kjølevik Stone (KJ75, NIæR19):

     ᚺᚨᛞᚢᛚᚨᛁᚲᚨᛉ ¶ ᛖᚲᚺᚨᚷᚢᛊᛏᚨᛞᚨᛉ ¶ ᚺᛚᚨᚨᛁᚹᛁᛞᛟᛗᚨᚷᚢᛗᛁᚾᛁᚾᛟ
     hadulaikaz ¶ ekhagustadaz ¶ hlaaiwidomaguminino

     Hadulaikaz ek Hagustaldaz hlaiwidō magu mīninō

     Hadulaikaz [lies here]. I, Hagustaldaz, buried my son

Further reading

• Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 18-20
• interpretations to KJ75 in the Runenprojekt Kiel