minnkan

f. decrease, diminishing.

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f. a decrease, minishing, Fas. iii. 266, Bs. ii. 164: gramm., Skálda 167, 188.

2. metaph. shame, discredit, freq. in mod. usage; þér er minnkan að því, ’tis discreditable to thee. minnkunar-laust, n. adj. without disgrace.