Þýr

Old Norse Dictionary - þýr

Meaning of Old Norse word "þýr" in English.

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

þýr
f., gen. þýjar, dat. þýju, acc. þý; pl. þýjar; the r is a fem. inflexion, as in kýr, sýr; the root is þý, qs. þivi; see þý; [Goth. þjus and þiwi; cp. A. S. þeowian = to serve; Icel. þjó-na, qs. þjov-na, þjónn; as also Germ. dienen]:—a bondwoman; þræll ok þýr, Rm.; þræl eða þý (allit.), man-servant and maid-servant, FmS. iv. 204; þýjar barn, þýjar sonr, a bairn, son of a bondwoman, FaS. i. 495, iii. 434; meðan þú á kvernum kysstir þýjar, Hkv. 1. 35; hvöss eru augu í Hagals þýju (dat.), 2. 2; þræla þrjá tigu, þýjar (acc. pl.) sjau góðar, Am. 93; þýjar ok salkonur, Skv. 3. 45; en um Svanhildi sátu þýjar (nom. pl.), waited on her, Gh. 15; meldr Fróða þýja (gen. pl.), Edda (in a verse).

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

Abbreviations used:

acc.
accusative.
allit.
alliteration, alliterative.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
cp.
compare.
dat.
dative.
f.
feminine.
fem.
feminine.
gen.
genitive.
Germ.
German.
Goth.
Gothic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
lit.
literally.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
nom.
nominative.
pl.
plural.
qs.
quasi.
S.
Saga.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Am.
Atla-mál. (A. II.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gh.
Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)
Hkv.
Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Rm.
Rígsmál. (A. II.)
Skv.
Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
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