Tá
Old Norse Dictionary - tá
Meaning of Old Norse word "tá"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word tá can mean:tá
- tá
- 1. f., gen. tár, pl. tær, gen. tá, dat. tám; [A. S. tâ; Engl. toe; Germ. zehe; Swed. tå; cp. Lat. digitus; Gr. δάκτυλος]:—a toe; táin in mesta var miklu meiri á Ólafi enn á öðrum mönnum, Sd. 167; tána mestu, Nj. 245, Ó. H. 75; fimm tær, id.; tám eða hæl, Edda 42; horfa hælar í tá (gen. pl.) stað, en tær í hæls stað, n. G. l. i. 339, BS. i. 423; standa á tá, to stand a-tiptoe: phrases, græða á tá og fingri, to make money with toe and finger, of one who grows quickly rich.
- tá
- 2. the tip of a ness; Skaga-tá: Örvandils-tá, a star, Rigel in Orion (?), Edda 59.
- tá
- 2. n. [Swed. taa = a bye-path, walk (= Icel. geil or tröð); Swed. tå also means a sheep-walk, in naut-tå, fä-tå, svin-tå, Rietz 770 b; the word also remains in Dan. for-tov = fore-path, pavement]:—a path, walk, as rightly explained by n.m.Petersen in his Nordisk Mythology; the word is only found in the phrase, standa á tái, to stand on the path, Skv. 2. 21; spruttu á tái tregnar iðir, … sprang up on the walk, Hðm. 1; gékk hón tregliga á tái sitja, she moodily sat down on the walk, Gh. 9: in prose only once, heimtusk nú á ta enir vitrostu menn, Mork. 17, (unless ‘ta’ be here but a misspelling for ta(l), see Fb. iii. 306 l. c.); uppi í hellunni sem liggr á táinu, D. n. vi. 339 (Fr.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Gh.
- Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)
- Hðm.
- Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)
- Mork.
- Morkinskinna. (E. I.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)