Tálga
Old Norse Dictionary - tálga
Meaning of Old Norse word "tálga"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word tálga can mean:tálga
- tálga
- u, f., prop. talga, [Fr. tailler, a Norman word; cp. telgja, and Engl. tally = a shaped stick]:—a cutting, carving; höggva tré til viðja, bæta allri bót með tálgu ok bandi, K. Þ. K. 88; hvárki hamarshögg né öxar-tálga, Stj. 563; stein-tálga, stone-cutting, 562.
- tálga
- COMPDS: tálgugrjót, tálguknífr, tálguöx.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᛚᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)