Tyggi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Tyggi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 tyggi

thus, not tiggi, as seen from rhymes, tyggi, glygg, hnyggr tyggi, hygg tyggja, Geisli 9, Lex. Poët.; [the word is therefore derived from tjúga (q. v.), toginn, (cp. Germ. ziehen, ge-zogen), and is akin to Germ. -zog, in her-zog, Lat. duc-s]:—a leader, chief, but only in poetry, Lex. Poët., freq. in old and mod. ballads.

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚢᚴᚴᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
p.: page.
q. v.: quod vide.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

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

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