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

Similar entries:

Telgja (I)

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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