TINGL

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

TINGL

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 TINGL

n. [akin to tungl, q. v.], an ornamental head-piece or beak(Lat. rostra) on a ship; með gínandum höfðum ok gröfnum tinglum, Hornklofi; tingls marr, a ‘tingol-steed,’ i. e. a ship, Hkr. i. (in a verse); tingla töng, the ‘tingl-tong,’ i. e. the rostrum, the ship’s beak, Hallfred; tingla tungl, Lex. Poët.; enni-tingl, the forehead beaks, i. e. the eyes, Bragi (thus, not tungl, as seen from the rhyme tingl gingu); gékk Þormóðr inn í skálann ok lét róa tinglit, of a ghost, to wag the head (?), Háv. 7 new Ed.

Runic Inscription

ᛏᛁᚾᚴᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

gl
glossary.
i. e.
id est.
Lat
Latin.
Lat.
Latin.
lit
literally.
n.
neuter.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Háv.
Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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