Old Norse

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Etymology

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From maðr +‎ -gi.

Pronoun

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manngi (genitive mannskis)

  1. no man
    • ...á þeim meiði er manngi veit...
      ...from that gallows-tree that no one knows...
      (Hávamál 138)

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “manngi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive