Torg

Old Norse Dictionary - torg

Meaning of Old Norse word "torg" in English.

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

torg Old Norse word can mean:

torg: n. [Swed. torg; Dan. torv; the other word markaðr is from the Lat., and torg is prob. a Slav. word; Russ. torge]:—a market or mart; menn konungs höfðu torg ok skemtun ok leika úti hjá herbergjunum, Fms. xi. 366; hann var úti staddr á torgi, þar var fjölmenni mikit, i. 80; hann leitaði eptir of matkaup, görðu þeir honum þann kost, at þeir mundi setja þeim torg framan til Föstu, Orkn. 344; setja e-m torg til matkaupa, Fms. vii. 78; Sigmundi konungi var hvervetna sett torg ok annarr farar-greiði, Fas. i. 143; hafa torg fyrir hvers manns dyrum, Rétt. 12; á bryggjum eðr á stræti eðr á torgi, Gþl. 178, Matt. xi. 16, xx. 3, xxiii. 7, Mark vii. 4, Luke vii. 32, Acts xvi. 19, xvii. 17.

torg: II. a market-place, in Nidaros, D. n. iii. 195; in Bergen, Bs. i. 636; in Oslo, D. n. iv. 307, 697; cattle and sheep were to be bought ‘á torgi’ in the market-place, but fresh fish ‘fyrir torgi,’ Rétt. 2. 5 (Fr.); the word is never used in reference to Icel. In Scandin. towns the squares are called ‘torg,’ e. g. Kongens Ny-torv, Gammel-Torv, in Copenhagen: allit., um tún og torg, þjóðin öll um tún og torg | tók upp hrygðarklæði, Barbarossa kvæði (Ed. by Maurer).

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.: Danish.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

n.: neuter.

prob.: probably.

Slav.: Slavonic.

Swed.: Swedish.

v.: vide.

allit.: alliteration, alliterative.

e. g.: exempli gratia.

Fr.: French in etymologies.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

lit.: literally.

Scandin.: Scandinavia, Scandinavian.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Rétt.: Réttarbætr. (B. II.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)

Fr.: Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.

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