Tagl
Old Norse Dictionary - tagl
Meaning of Old Norse word "tagl"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word tagl can mean:tagl
- tagl
- n., pl. tögl, [Ulf. tagl = θρίξ; A. S. tægel; O. H. G. zakal; Engl. tail; Swed. tagel]:—prop. hair, but only found in the sense of,
- tagl
- II. a horse’s tail (cp. skopt and skott); hvárki toppr né tagl, FaS. i. 80, 486 (in a verse); skera tagl ór hrossum, … ef maðr bindr tagl í munn hrossi, Grág. i. 383; ef maðr skerr tagl ór stóðhesti manns, þat varðar skóggang, ef maðr skerr tagl ór þinghesti manns eða þess manns hesti er í brúðför er, þá varðar fjörbaugs-garð, 441 (riding a horse with a docked tail has always in Icel. been looked on as a disgrace, hence the heavy penalty), cp. FaS. i. 80 (höggit ór rófurnar ok skerit ór toppanna); töglin fylgja hánum (há = the hide of a horse), Hallgr.; hann tók í taglit annarri hendi, Grett. 108: of a cow’s tail, Gþl. 399.
- tagl
- 2. a horse-hair rope, for trussing hay (reip-tagl), see högld (tögl og hagldir).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᚴᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- pl.
- plural.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- cp.
- compare.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Hallgr.
- Hallgrímr Pétrsson.