Töðu-annir

Old Norse Dictionary - töðu-annir

Meaning of Old Norse word "töðu-annir" (or tǫðu-annir) in English.

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

töðu-annir (tǫðu-annir)
f. pl. the season for mowing the infield, beginning a little before the Icel. midsummer time, the middle of July, from the 12th to the 14th week of the summer, see Icel. Almanack; in 1872 it falls on the 13th of July; after the töðuannir follows the engja-sláttr, or mowing the open outfields, Nj. 192.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, töðu-annir may be more accurately written as tǫðu-annir.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
pl.
plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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