Þing-há
Old Norse Dictionary - þing-háMeaning of Old Norse word "þing-há" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þing-há
- f. (also spelt þingá; see há):—a þing-district or community, originally a shire having a meeting or parliament of its own, the word is esp. freq. in Norway (in Icel. abbreviated into ‘þing’), Hkr. i. 147; konungr fór í allar þinghár ok kristnaði þar allan lýð, Ó. H. 102; krafði leiðangrs um ena nörðstu þinghá, 198; hann fær ór þinghá sinni sjau tigi manna, Hrafn. 11; á Hálogalandi í enni nyrztu þinghá, Fms. viii. 183; herboð fór á sjau nóttum frá hinum synnzta vita í hina nörztu þ. á Hálogalandi, Fagrsk. 20, D. n. passim; þinghá thus chiefly refers to the old small þing-communities, almost synonymous to fylki. þinghá-maðr, m. = þingheyjandi, Grág. i. 51 (see há).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚾᚴ-ᚼᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Hrafn.
- Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.