Tóra

Old Norse Dictionary - tóra

Meaning of Old Norse word "tóra" in English.

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

tóra
tóri, pret. tórði, part. tórt, to lounge, linger; látið þá tóra at eins, let them be all but living, Fas. i. 80; meðan eg tóri, as long as I live, freq. in mod. usage; also of a light, to gleam faintly (see etýra).

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

Abbreviations used:

freq.
frequent, frequently.
mod.
modern.
part.
participle.
pret.
preterite.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
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