Týr
Old Norse Dictionary - týrMeaning of Old Norse word "týr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
týr Old Norse word can mean:
- týr
- m., gen. Týs, acc. dat. Tý; the form tívar, see tívi, may even be regarded as an irreg. plur. to tý-r; cp. Twisco, qs. Tivisco, in Tacit. Germ.; [for the identity of this word with Sansk. dyaus, dîvas = heaven, Gr. Ζεύς, Διός, Lat. divus, O. H. G. Ziw, see Max Müller’s Lectures on Science of Language, 2nd Series, p. 425]:—prop. the generic name of the highest divinity, which remains in compds, as Farma-týr, hanga-týr: as also in Týs-áttungr, the offspring of gods (Gr. διο-γενής), Ýt.: tý-framr, adj., Haustl. 1: tý-hraustr, valiant as a god: tý-spakr, godly-wise, Edda 16.
- týr
- II. the name of the god Týr, the one-armed god of war; see Edda passim. Týs-dagr, m. Tuesday, (Germ. Dienstag), Fms. ix. 42, n. G. l. i. 10, 343, 348, Hkr. iii. 416; spelt Týrs-dagr (Dan. Tirsdag), Fms. vii. 295, ix. 42, Rb. 572.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- irreg.
- irregular.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- plur.
- plural.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- qs.
- quasi.
- Sansk.
- Sanskrit.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- L.
- Linnæus.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Haustl.
- Haustlöng. (A. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
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