Tigr

Old Norse Dictionary - tigr

Meaning of Old Norse word "tigr" in English.

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

tigr: -tögr, -togr, -tugr, adj. (the mod. form is -tugr), only in compds, tví-tugr, þrí-tugr, fer-tugr, fim-tugr, sex-tugr, sjau-tugr (then átt-ræðr, ní-ræðr, tí-ræðr, tólf-ræðr), = twenty, thirty … years old, or measuring twenty …; so also, hálf-þrítugr, hálf-fertugr, hálf-fimmtugr, hálf-sixtugr, hálf-sjautugr, aged, measuring half the third, fourth … seventh ten, i. e. twenty-five, thirty-five, … sixty-five; var honum vetri fátt í hálf-fimtugum, five tens minus one, i. e. forty-nine, Grett. 186 new Ed.; skorti þrjá vetr á fimtugan at aldri, i. e. forty-seven, Bs. i. 74; tveim vetrum meirr enn þrítogr, 30; þá skorti hann vetr á þrítugan …, fimmtugan, i. e. aged twenty-nine …, forty-nine, Sturl. iii. 308; þá var hann vetri meirr enn hálf-fertugr, i. e. thirty-six, Bs. i. 79.

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

Similar entries:

Tigr (II)

Abbreviations used:

adj.: adjective.

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

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

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