Tívi
Old Norse Dictionary - tíviMeaning of Old Norse word "tívi" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- tívi
- a, m., also spelt with f; mostly only used in pl. tívar; a dat. sing. tíva occurs in Haustl. 8; fróðgum tíva (thus Ób., the Kb. has tífi, a less correct form): a gen. sing. tíva, Vsp., in valtíva; [this old word is identical in root with Lat. divus; Sansk. devas; Gr. Διός (Ζεύς); cp. also Týr]:—a god, divinity; þriggja tíva, Haustl. 1; tormiðladr tívum, 3; tíva rök, Vþm. 42; Álfheim Frey gáfu tívar at tannfé, Gm. 5; ríkir tívar, Þkv. 14; mærir tífar, Hým. 4; sig-tívar (q. v.), gods of victory, Ls. 1, 2, Vsp., Gm., Fm., Akv. 29 (Bugge); val-tívar, the gods of the slain, Vsp. 50 (Bugge); sæki-tívar, the martial gods, Landn. (in a verse); kykvir tívar, living beings, applied to men, Ó. H. (in a verse of the Christian time), all the other references being heathen.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᚢᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- Sansk.
- Sanskrit.
- sing.
- singular.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Akv.
- Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Fm.
- Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Haustl.
- Haustlöng. (A. I.)
- Hým.
- Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
- Kb.
- Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Ób.
- Ómaga-bálkr. (B. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Vþm.
- Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Þkv.
- Þryms-kviða. (A. I.)