þjálmi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

þjálmi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 þjálmi

a, m. a rare word, the sense of which is somewhat doubtful, a delve (?); Manar þjálmi, the delve of Mono, i. e. the sea; hregg-þjálmi, the delve of the gale, i. e. the sky; þangs-þ., the delve of the sea-weed, i. e. the sea, the surf, Lex. Poët.: in prose the word occurs once,—hverja þjálma nær eðr firr Heinrekr egnir fyrir fætr Thome erkibiskupi, Thom. 361, where it seems to mean a caltrop or a pit-fall (?).

Runic Inscription

þᛁᛅᛚᛘᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

bisk
bishop.
ch
chapter.
i. e.
id est.
m.
masculine.
þ.
þáttr.

Works & Authors

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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