Definitions
Definitions
1 ÞÖN
f., gen. þanar, pl. þanir, [þenja], a scaffold or platform on stakes, on which nets and the like are stretched out for drying; þeir tóku gærur af þönum, Sturl. iii. 189; Loka lögvélar (i. e. the net) leika á þönum, Egilsson’s rendering of the verse in Herodotus i. 62; the word is freq.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
ÞÖN
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "ÞÖN" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).