Sjau-tugr
Old Norse Dictionary - sjau-tugr
Meaning of Old Norse word "sjau-tugr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sjau-tugr
- mod. sjö-tugr, adj. seventy years old, K. Þ. K. 134, Fs. 160. Bs. i. 77, Stj. 554: of measure, measuring seventy fathoms, ells. sjautug-faldliga, adv. sevenfyfold, Stj. 46.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᛅᚢ-ᛏᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- adv.
- adverb.
- mod.
- modern.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)