Tírr
Old Norse Dictionary - tírrMeaning of Old Norse word "tírr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
tírr Old Norse word can mean:
- tírr
- m., gen. tírar and tírs, dat. tíri; [A. S. tîr; Germ. zier]:—glory, renown; með tíri, with glory; með öllum, hæstum, öflgum tíri, með frygðar tíri, with glory, Lex. Poët.; tíri gæddr, gifted with glory; stýra fremd ok tíri; bella tíri; þat fær e-m tírar, Vellekla; góðs höfum tírar fengit, Hðm.; fá sér langs tírar, lasting fame; stýrir alls tírar; ins sanna tírar, etc., Lex. Poët.: the word is poetical, in prose it only remains in the allit. phrase, tírs ok tíma, BS. i. 286 (see tími): in the compounded words, orðs-tírr, good report; lofs-tírr, fame, praise; in ú-tírligr, inglorious: in the phrase, taka tírar-hendi á e-m, to treat with distinction, Sturl. i. 183 C: it is freq. in poët compds and epithets, tír-bráðr, tír-eggjaðr, tír-göfigr, tír-kunnr, tír-mildr, tír-prúðr, tír-rækr, tír-samr, tír-sæll,—all poetical epithets to a hero = glorious, Lex. Poët.
- tírr
- COMPDS: tírarför, tírargjarn, tírarhöfuð, tírarlauss, tírarsterkr, tírarþing.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- dat.
- dative.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Hðm.
- Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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