Tjúgari

Old Norse Dictionary - tjúgari

Meaning of Old Norse word "tjúgari" in English.

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

tjúgari
a, m., prop. a pitch-fork; hence poët. tungls tjúgari, the pitch-forker of the moon, who forks the moon out of heaven, Vsp.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
poët.
poetically.
prop.
proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Vsp.
Völuspá. (A. I.)
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