Tróða

Old Norse Dictionary - tróða

Meaning of Old Norse word "tróða" in English.

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

tróða Old Norse word can mean:

tróða: u, f. = tróð; eyri fyrir tróðu hverja ok svá fyrir næfra-kimbul hvern, N. G. L. i. 101; remains in the compd mæni-tróða.

tróða: 2. in poetry tróða is freq. in circumlocutions describing women, auð-tróða, gulls-tróða, menja-tróða, see Edda, Lex. Poët.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

L.: Linnæus.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

Works & Authors cited:

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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