[7] mun (f.) ‘one moving forward’: A hap. leg. The heiti is most likely connected with the weak verb muna ‘move forward’ (see Fritzner: muna 2; cf. also the next name). If the correct form is myn (so A), this could be the Old Norse name for the river Maun in Nottinghamshire, England (CVC 780; see also Rygh 1904, 165). Ekwall (1928, 280) thinks Maun is a later back formation, however, and if so, this could not be the source of the Old Norse form.
References
- Bibliography
- CVC = Cleasby, Richard, Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and W. A. Craigie. 1957. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. 2nd edn. Oxford: Clarendon.
- Fritzner = Fritzner, Johan. 1883-96. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog. 3 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske forlagsforening. 4th edn. Rpt. 1973. Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget.
- Rygh, Oluf. 1904. Norske elvenavne. Efter offentlig foranstaltning utgivne med tilføiede forklaringer af K. Rygh. Kristiania (Oslo): Cammermeyer.
- Ekwall, Ellert. 1928. English River Names. Oxford: Clarendon.