Torf-viðr

Old Norse Dictionary - torf-viðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "torf-viðr" in English.

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

torf-viðr
m. = tyri-viðr, [A. S. tyrwe], a tarred tree; kasta loganda torfviði með brennu-steini, Róm. 277 (= Lat. ‘picem et sulphure taedam mixtam ardenti mittere,’ Sallust, Jug. ch. 57).

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
ch.
chapter.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
S.
Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Róm.
Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
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