v. (pp.)
Cl pres. 3 sg. menskeʒ; Erk pres 3 sg. menskes, past 3 pl. menskid; WA infin. menske, pp. menskid
'honour, reverence; adorn'
(Modern English mensk)Formed on menske.
PGmc Ancestor
*manniska-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
cp. mennska ‘humanity, generosity’
(ONP cp. mennska (sb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far (ó)menska, Icel mennska, ODan men(i)ske, OSw mænksa
OE Cognate
cp. menniscu (n.) 'humanity, human state'
Phonological and morphological markers
[absence of palatalization of */k/] (may not be applicable)
Summary category
C2
(CC1)
Not found in SE, but attested quite frequently in the SWM as well as in N and alliterative texts.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 153; Cl 118, 141; Erk 258, 269; WA 4492, 4591, 5342
Skeat WA reads the instance at WA 4492 as menske (n.), which is possible but perhaps lesss likely.