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Töðu-annir

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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

Orthography

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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

töðu-annir

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "töðu-annir" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

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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