Þeli

Old Norse Dictionary - þeli

Meaning of Old Norse word "þeli" in English.

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

þeli Old Norse word can mean:

þeli: a, m. [akin to þel = nap], frozen ground; vetr svá góðr at engi kom þeli í jörð, Landn. (App.) 324; var þá allr þeli ór jörðu, ok svá blautlent at …, Fms. ix. 511; snælaust á jörðu, var svað a þelanum, viii. 393; en ef jörðin væri fyrir útan allan verma eðr yl, þá væri hón öll í einum þela, Sks. 210; þíða þela ór brjósti e-m, Hom. 107.

þeli: 2. metaph. obstruction in the chest, catarrh; hafa þela fyrir brjóstinu.

þeli: COMPDS: þelahögg, þelalauss.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

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