Targa

Old Norse Dictionary - targa

Meaning of Old Norse word "targa" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

targa: u, f. [perh. a for. word; A. S. and Fr. targe], a target, small round shield, occurring in Kormak and Hkm. 6 (poets of the middle of the 10th century), Nj. 144; törgu-buklari or törgu-skjöldr, a target-shield, 143; himin-t., the ‘heaven-target,’ i. e. the sun, Þd.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᚱᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

f.: feminine.

for.: foreign.

Fr.: French in etymologies.

i. e.: id est.

m.: masculine.

perh.: perhaps.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Fr.: Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.

Hkm.: Hákonar-mál. (A. III.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Þd.: Þórs-drápa. (A. I.)

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