Tívor
Old Norse Dictionary - tívorMeaning of Old Norse word "tívor" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- tívor
- m. [this word, a απ. λεγ. in the Vsp., is, as the form shews (the r being radical), different from the preceding, but identical with the A. S. tifr or tiber = a victim, hostage, and akin to tafn, q. v.]:—a victim; Baldri, blóðgum tívor, Balder, the bloody victim, Vsp.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᚢᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- απ. λεγ.
- απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)