Þella

Old Norse Dictionary - þella

Meaning of Old Norse word "þella" in English.

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

þella: u, f. [akin to þollr], a young pine, Norse telle, Lex. Poët., passim, esp. in circumlocutions of women; auðar-þella, hör-þella, mjaðar-þella, Lex. Poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

esp.: especially.

f.: feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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