þver-gyrðingr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

þver-gyrðingr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 þver-gyrðingr

m. a cross-girding put round a ship to strengthen her, Fas. iii. 257: in the metaph. phrase, það er komið í þvergyrðing með þeim, of sullen hostility.

Runic Inscription

þᚢᛁᚱ-ᚴᚢᚱᛏᛁᚾᚴᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

lit
literally.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.

Works & Authors

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
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