Rygjar-tó
Old Norse Dictionary - rygjar-tóMeaning of Old Norse word "rygjar-tó" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- rygjar-tó
- f., spelt rykkjar-tó, Ó. H. 227, Hkr. ii. 384, and some other vellums, see Fms. v. 101, v. l. 3, cp. also O. H. l. 60:—a ‘lady’s tae’(see tó), a tax on linen to be paid by every mistress of a house; húsfreyja hver (skyldi fá konungi) r., þat var lín órennt, svá mikit, at fengi spennt um mesta fingri ok lengsta (lengsta fingri ok þumalfingri. Fms. l. c. better); synjar-spönn, ok rygjar-tó, ok reykmela, þat hafa konungar getit Naumdælum, at þeir skolu eigi heldr greiða en allir aðrir Þrændir, N. G. l. i. 258.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᚢᚴᛁᛅᚱ-ᛏᚢ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- O. H. L.
- Ólafs Saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)