Land-tjald
Old Norse Dictionary - land-tjald
Meaning of Old Norse word "land-tjald"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- land-tjald
- n. a land tent, originally a naut. term, a tent pitched ashore when in harbour, opp. to the tents on board, often in plur., Nj. 157, Hkr. i. 26, Stj. 45; landtjald Drottins, the Lord’s Tabernacle, Sks. 146, 780.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛅᚾᛏ-ᛏᛁᛅᛚᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- naut.
- nautical.
- opp.
- opposed.
- plur.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)