Tálkn
Old Norse Dictionary - tálkn
Meaning of Old Norse word "tálkn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word tálkn can mean:tálkn
- tálkn
- n., usually in pl. the gills of fish, as also of whale-bone; bein eða tálkn, Grág. ii. 371, Jb. 315; fann hann tálkn ok vóru þar á rúnar, hann brenndi tálknið allt, Eg. 566, 567; tálkn þau er vaxin eru í munni honum, Sks. 135; þessir fiskar (those whales) hafa hvárki tönn né tálkn, 120: as a nickname, tálkni, Landn.: whence Tálkna-fjörðr, id.
- tálkn
- COMPDS: tálknfanar, tálknkefli, tálknskíð, tálknsproti, tálknstika.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᛚᚴᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)