Þeyr

Old Norse Dictionary - þeyr

Meaning of Old Norse word "þeyr" in English.

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

þeyr Old Norse word can mean:

þeyr: m., gen. þeys, Band. (in a verse); dat. þey; [Engl. thaw; Dan. tö]:—a thaw; görði á þey með regni, Þórð. 11 new Ed.; göra þeir vindar um vetrum góðan þey (stóra þeyi ok miklar hlákur, v. l.), Sks. 49 new Ed.; þá var þeyr ok snælaust á jörðu, Fms. viii. 393; í bráða-þeyjum, Eg. 766; hlær ok inn bezti þeyr, Fms. ii. 228; þeyr hafði á verit, ok sá manns-sporin í snjónum, Fs. 41: poët. hjör-þeyr, örva-þeyr, egg-þeyr, geir-þeyr, víg-þeyr, Héðins þeyr, Göndlar þeyr, the storm of sword or spear, a war-storm, i. e. battle of Hedin and G. (a Valkyriur), Lex. poët. poët.

þeyr: COMPDS: þey-láð, þey-rann, n. = the heaven, sky, Lex. poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.: Danish.

dat.: dative.

Engl.: English.

gen.: genitive.

gl.: glossary.

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

poët.: poetically.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Band.: Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

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

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

Þórð.: Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)

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