adj.
WA menskefull
'of worth, noble'
(Modern English )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 in the SWM and more frequently in N and alliterative texts.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 555, 1268, 1809; WA 2953