Þver-gyrðingr

Old Norse Dictionary - þver-gyrðingr

Meaning of Old Norse word "þver-gyrðingr" in English.

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

þver-gyrðingr
m. a cross-girding put round a ship to strengthen her, Fas. iii. 257: in the metaph. phrase, það er komið í þvergyrðing með þeim, of sullen hostility.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
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