Þriðjungr

Old Norse Dictionary - þriðjungr

Meaning of Old Norse word "þriðjungr" in English.

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

þriðjungr Old Norse word can mean:

þriðjungr
m. the third part of a thing, Nj. 3, Eg. 57, 266, FmS. i. 70, N. G. L. i. 421, Grág. i. 156, passim.
þriðjungr
II. as a political division, the third part of a shire, A. S. Þrithing, low Lat. Trithinga, a Thriding (cp. the Yorkshire Ridings); in IceL. every þing (q. v.) was subdivided into three parts (i. e. there were three ‘godords’ in each þing); þriðjungs-maðr, an inmate or liegeman of such a ‘riding,’ Grág. i. 16; þriðjungs vist, domicile in a ‘riding’ (referring to the þingfesti, q. v.), 114: in Norway a church-division, fjórðungs menn eða þriðjungs, N. G. L. i. 133.
þriðjungr
COMPDS: þriðjungsauki, þriðjungarfé, þriðjungafélag, þriðjungskona, þriðjungspenningr, þriðjungaskipti, þriðjungstíund, þriðjungsþing.

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

Abbreviations used:

L.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
cp.
compare.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
i. e.
id est.
l.
line.
Lat.
Latin.
q. v.
quod vide.
S.
Saga.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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