Tjara
Old Norse Dictionary - tjaraMeaning of Old Norse word "tjara" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- tjara
- u, f. [A. S. tearo; Engl. tar; Dan. tjere], tar, Grág. ii. 404, Gþl. 43, SkS. 425, FaS. i. 18; bera tjöru í höfuð sér, Nj. 181, FmS. i. 127; svart sem t., black as tar, Band. 15; tjöru-pinnr, a tar-pin, Sturl. iii. 189; tjöru-skinn, a tarred skin, a nickname, Sturl. i. 112, 155 (a kind of waxen cloth?); tjöru-spann, n. G. l. i. 198; tjöru-tjörn, the tar-tarn = Lat. lacus asphalti, Stj. 73; tjöru-tunna, a tar-barrel, Vm. 62: the law phrase, torfs maðr ok tjöru, a sort of running the gauntlet, cp. the Engl. ‘tarring and feathering,’ NG.l. i. 253, 334 (§ 168). tjöru-virki, n. tar-works, where tar is made; sætr, smiðju, tjöru-virki, veiðibúðir eða andvirki, n. G. l. ii. 145.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᛅᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Band.
- Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
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