menskful

adj.

WA menskefull

'of worth, noble'

(Modern English )

Etymology

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)

Attestation

Not found in SE, but attested in the SWM and more frequently in N and alliterative texts. 

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Gaw 555, 1268, 1809; WA 2953

Bibliography

MED menskful (adj.) , OED3 menskful (adj. and n.) , HTOED , Dance menskful, Bj. 139