Töðu-annir

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Töðu-annir

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 töðu-annir (tǫðu-annir)

f. pl. the season for mowing the infield, beginning a little before the Icel. midsummer time, the middle of July, from the 12th to the 14th week of the summer, see Icel. Almanack; in 1872 it falls on the 13th of July; after the töðuannir follows the engja-sláttr, or mowing the open outfields, Nj. 192.

Orthography

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Runic Inscription

ᛏᚢᛏᚢ-ᛅᚾᚾᛁᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

f.: feminine.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
lit: literally.
pl.: plural.

Works & Authors

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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