Tignar-nafn

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Tignar-nafn

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 tignar-nafn

n. high rank; t. at ek mætta jarl heita, Fms. vi. 289, cp. i. 53, 61, vii. 119; tignar-nöfn svá sem konungs nafn eðr nafn jarls, Edda 104.

Runic Inscription

ᛏᛁᚴᚾᛅᚱ-ᚾᛅᚠᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.

Works & Authors

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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