Tíunda

Old Norse Dictionary - tíunda

Meaning of Old Norse word "tíunda" in English.

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

tíunda: að, to pay tithes, or have one’s property taxed for tithe; t. fé sitt, Grág. i. 202; tíunda fé sitt inni meiri tíund, id., K. Þ. K. 142, passim: also used with the amount, hann tíundar tuttugu, sextigi hundruð, i. e. his titheable property amounts to twenty, sixty hundred; see hundrað B.

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

Abbreviations used:

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

i. e.: id est.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

K. Þ. K.: Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)

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