1 tjúga
u, f. [Dan. hö-tyv; Swed. tjuga; from the obsolete verb tjúga]:—a pitch-fork, prop. a ‘drawer;’ hey-tjúga, a hay-fork; rann verkþræll á árbakkann, ok skaut hey-tjúgu í lið þeirra, Hkr. i. 25: a nickname, Sturl. ii. 160. tjúgu-skegg, n. fork-beard, a nickname of the famous Danish king Swein, the conqueror of England, Fms. This word is quite obsolete in Icel., but in full use in Swed. and Dan.