Tví-elleptr

Old Norse Dictionary - tví-elleptr

Meaning of Old Norse word "tví-elleptr" in English.

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

tví-elleptr: part. twice eleven; in the phrase, vera t., to be a twenty-two-year-old, i. e. in high vigour and spirits, Fas. i. 98.

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

Abbreviations used:

i. e.: id est.

part.: participle.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

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