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

Declension of menning (singular only)
f6s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	menning	menningin
accusative	menning	menningina
dative	menning	menningini
genitive	menningar	menningarinnar

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

Declension of menning
f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	menning	menningin	menningar	menningarnar
accusative	menningu	menninguna	menningar	menningarnar
dative	menningu	menningunni	menningum	menningunum
genitive	menningar	menningarinnar	menninga	menninganna

• 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