Trúðr

Old Norse Dictionary - trúðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "trúðr" in English.

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

trúðr: m. [A. S. trúð; a word of doubtful origin, but it is old and occurs in a verse of Hornklofi, also in a verse of the beginning of the 11th century, and as a nickname in Dropl. of a person who lived in the middle of the 10th century]:—a juggler, Grág. ii. 84; inn í búð at trúðum, Nj. (in a verse); both passages refer to the jugglers at the alþing; einn snápligr trúðr, Stj. 505; at leikurum ok trúðum hefig þik lítt fregit, Hornklofi; leikarar ok trúðar vóru margir í herinum, Pr. 132: as a nickname, Ánn trúðr, Dropl.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

pl.: plural.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Dropl.: Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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