Tigr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Tigr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 tigr

-tögr, -togr, -tugr, adj. (the mod. form is -tugr), only in compds, tví-tugr, þrí-tugr, fer-tugr, fim-tugr, sex-tugr, sjau-tugr (then átt-ræðr, ní-ræðr, tí-ræðr, tólf-ræðr), = twenty, thirty … years old, or measuring twenty …; so also, hálf-þrítugr, hálf-fertugr, hálf-fimmtugr, hálf-sixtugr, hálf-sjautugr, aged, measuring half the third, fourth … seventh ten, i. e. twenty-five, thirty-five, … sixty-five; var honum vetri fátt í hálf-fimtugum, five tens minus one, i. e. forty-nine, Grett. 186 new Ed.; skorti þrjá vetr á fimtugan at aldri, i. e. forty-seven, Bs. i. 74; tveim vetrum meirr enn þrítogr, 30; þá skorti hann vetr á þrítugan …, fimmtugan, i. e. aged twenty-nine …, forty-nine, Sturl. iii. 308; þá var hann vetri meirr enn hálf-fertugr, i. e. thirty-six, Bs. i. 79.

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. D.
Anno Domini.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
acc.
accusative.
adj
adjective.
adj.
adjective.
ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
decl.
declined.
e. g.
exempli gratia.
Engl
English.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
gen.
genitive.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
gl
glossary.
gl.
glossary.
Goth.
Gothic.
i. e.
id est.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
indecl.
indeclinable.
l.
Linnæus.
Lat
Latin.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
opp
opposed to.
p.
page.
pl.
plural.
pref.
preface.
S.
South, Southern.
s. v.
sub verbo.
subst
substantive, substantival, substantivally.
v.
vide, verb.
v. l.
varia lectio.
vellum
vellum.

Works & Authors

Band.
Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Clem.
Clements Saga. (F. III.)
Dipl.
Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Íb.
Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
K. Þ. K.
Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
Laur. S.
Laurentius Saga. (D. III.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Post.
Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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