Þjórr
Old Norse Dictionary - þjórrMeaning of Old Norse word "þjórr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þjórr
- m. [Gr. ταυρος; Dan. tyr; Swed. tjur], a bull, Hým. 14; prop. a young bull, um þjór …, nú er þjórr í yxna tali þar til er hann er fimm vetra gamall, n. G. l. ii. 68; þá reis hér upp rauðr uxi …, þá reiss upp þjórr nokkurr, Vápn. 51: as a ship’s beak, hann hafði þjórs-höfuð á stafni, Landn. 300; whence the local names, Þjórs-á, Þjórsár-dalr; Þjórs-dælir, m. pl. the men from Th., Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚢᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hým.
- Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)
- Vápn.
- Vápnfirðinga Saga. (D. II.)
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