ÞEYR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

ÞEYR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 ÞEYR

m., gen. þeys, Band. (in a verse); dat. þey; [Engl. thaw; Dan. ]:—a thaw; görði á þey með regni, Þórð. 11 new Ed.; göra þeir vindar um vetrum góðan þey (stóra þeyi ok miklar hlákur, v. l.), Sks. 49 new Ed.; þá var þeyr ok snælaust á jörðu, Fms. viii. 393; í bráða-þeyjum, Eg. 766; hlær ok inn bezti þeyr, Fms. ii. 228; þeyr hafði á verit, ok sá manns-sporin í snjónum, Fs. 41: poët. hjör-þeyr, örva-þeyr, egg-þeyr, geir-þeyr, víg-þeyr, Héðins þeyr, Göndlar þeyr, the storm of sword or spear, a war-storm, i. e. battle of Hedin and G. (a Valkyriur), Lex. Poët. POËT.

2 ÞEYR

COMPDS: þey-láð, þey-rann, n. = the heaven, sky, Lex. Poët.

Runic Inscription

þᛁᚢᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
dat.
dative.
Engl
English.
Engl.
English.
gen.
genitive.
gl
glossary.
gl.
glossary.
i. e.
id est.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
poët.
poetical, poetically.
v.
vide, verb.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors

Band.
Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Þórð.
Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)

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