Tingl

Old Norse Dictionary - tingl

Meaning of Old Norse word "tingl" in English.

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

tingl: n. [akin to tungl, q. v.], an ornamental head-piece or beak(Lat. rostra) on a ship; með gínandum höfðum ok gröfnum tinglum, Hornklofi; tingls marr, a ‘tingol-steed,’ i. e. a ship, Hkr. i. (in a verse); tingla töng, the ‘tingl-tong,’ i. e. the rostrum, the ship’s beak, Hallfred; tingla tungl, Lex. Poët.; enni-tingl, the forehead beaks, i. e. the eyes, Bragi (thus, not tungl, as seen from the rhyme tingl gingu); gékk Þormóðr inn í skálann ok lét róa tinglit, of a ghost, to wag the head (?), Háv. 7 new Ed.

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

Abbreviations used:

i. e.: id est.

Lat.: Latin.

n.: neuter.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Háv.: Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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