Definitions
Definitions
1 ÞAULAR
f. pl. [the etymology and exact sense of this word is not certain, perh. akin to þylja, referring to a lost strong pret. þaul, þulu]:—a long-winded and complex thing; it is, however, only used in metaph. phrases; svá lízk mér sem mínir menn muni hafa mælt sik í þaular um þetta mál meirr enn þú, would have talked themselves into troubles, Fb. i. 348; rekum af oss tjöldin, róum út ór þessum þaular-vági, reisum viðu ok siglum norðr undan, let us row out of this winding creek, hoist sail and stand out northwards! Fms. viii. 130: the mod. phrase, læra, lesa í þaula = læra í belg, to learn, read by rote; as also, þaul-lesinn, adj.; hann er þaullesinn, one who has read a thing through and through, got through a weary task: þaul-reið, f. a riding steadily on like a log, plodding wearily on: þaul-sætinn, adj. sitting log-like without stirring.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
ÞAULAR
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "ÞAULAR" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).