Þön

Old Norse Dictionary - þön

Meaning of Old Norse word "þön" (or þǫn) in English.

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

þön (þǫn): f., gen. þanar, pl. þanir, [þenja], a scaffold or platform on stakes, on which nets and the like are stretched out for drying; þeir tóku gærur af þönum, Sturl. iii. 189; Loka lögvélar (i. e. the net) leika á þönum, Egilsson’s rendering of the verse in Herodotus i. 62; the word is freq.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, þön may be more accurately written as þǫn.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

gen.: genitive.

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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