Telgja

Old Norse Dictionary - telgja

Meaning of Old Norse word "telgja" in English.

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

telgja
að, [tálga], to shape, hew wood or stone with adze or knife: of wood, telgja tré, n. G. L. i. 64; timbr er hann telgir, iii. 15; þó at miklir spænir væri af telgdir, Bjarn. 14; sumir at fella, sumir at telgja, some to fell the trees, some to hew them into shape, Hkr. i. 293; síðan gékk Þorbergr til ok telgdi borðit svá at ór gengu öll skýlihöggin, 294; Arnórr telgði þá með knífi, en tálgöxin lá þar hjá honum, Rb. 313; t. lokar-spánu af tyrvi-tré, Fms. vi. 183; spánunum þeim er hann hafði telgt, Ó. H. 197: of whalebone, síðan telgði hann af rúnarnar, … á telgðu tálkni, Eg. 566, 567: of stone, Mag. 63; af telgðu grjóti, 655 xxv. 2.

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

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Abbreviations used:

L.
Linnæus.
n.
neuter.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Bjarn.
Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Mag.
Magus Saga. (G. II.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
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