Tygill

Old Norse Dictionary - tygill

Meaning of Old Norse word "tygill" in English.

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

tygill Old Norse word can mean:

tygill: m., pl. tuglar (like lykill, pl. luklar), a dimin.; [akin to tog; cp. Germ. zügel]:—a string, strap, thong, esp. of the strap with which a cloak was fastened round the neck; möttull á tuglum, Fms. v.i. 201; tygill er menit var fest með, Ó. H. 135; á tuglunum taflpungsins var gullbaugr, Gullþ. 20; in Lv. 41 read, ok gullbaugr (for gullband) á tyglinum.

tygill: COMPDS: tugla-möttull, -feldr, m. a cloak with a strap, Fær. 263, Fms. v. 292, Sturl. ii. 154, (Bs. i. 556 spelt tugla-.) tygil-knífr, m. a knife or dirk hanging from the belt on a tygill, Fms. v.. 165, x. 149, Ísl. ii. 277.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

dimin.: diminutive.

esp.: especially.

Germ.: German.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

v.: vide.

þ.: þáttr.

s. v.: sub voce.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gullþ.: Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)

Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fær.: Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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