Þinurr

Old Norse Dictionary - þinurr

Meaning of Old Norse word "þinurr" in English.

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

þinurr Old Norse word can mean:

þinurr: m. [tinar, Ivar Aasen], a kind of resinous fir-tree, of which bows and hoops were made, Edda ii. 483; mold-þinorr, the earth-tree, of the tree Ygdrasil, Vsp. (the reading ‘Miðgarðs-orm,’ in the paraphrase Edda 44, refers to a form ‘mold-þinull’ = earth-string, i. e. a serpent).

þinurr: 2. metaph. a bow, being made of the wood of this tree; Fiðrinn skaut bogann með bíldör, ok kom á þinorinn ok brast í sundr boginn, Ó. T. 59 (Fms. x. 362).

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

Abbreviations used:

i. e.: id est.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Ó. T.: Ólafs Saga Tryggvasonar. (E. I.)

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