Þísl

Old Norse Dictionary - þísl

Meaning of Old Norse word "þísl" in English.

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

þísl
f. [O. H. G. dihsila; Germ. deichsel; old Swed. þistl; Lat. tēmo qs. tesmo (?); the inflexive l is a diminutive]:—a cart-pole, remains only in the poët. compd sár-þisl, a ‘wound-stick,’ i. e. a sword, Ísl. ii. 389 (in a verse).

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
Germ.
German.
i. e.
id est.
l.
line.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
poët.
poetically.
qs.
quasi.
Swed.
Swedish.

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