menning

From menna (to develop, to increase), analogous to Old Norse menning.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛnːɪŋk]

menning f (genitive singular menningar, uncountable)

1. development, progress
2. (weather) increase of wind

Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (menning)

From Old Norse menning (“education”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛnːiŋk/

menning f (genitive singular menningar, nominative plural menningar)

1. civilization, culture

• menning in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.

From menna (“to make a man of someone, breed”) +‎ -ing.

menning f

1. breeding, upbringing, education

• “menning”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press