Töðu-gæft
Old Norse Dictionary - töðu-gæftMeaning of Old Norse word "töðu-gæft" (or tǫðu-gæft) in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- töðu-gæft (tǫðu-gæft)
- n. adj. hay as good as if it were infield, of hay grown in an outlying field.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, töðu-gæft may be more accurately written as tǫðu-gæft.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚦᚢ-ᚴᛅᚠᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- n.
- neuter.