Tann-fé
Old Norse Dictionary - tann-fé
Meaning of Old Norse word "tann-fé"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- tann-fé
- n. a ‘tooth-fee’ a gift to an infant when it cuts its first tooth, a custom still observed in Icel., and mentioned in Gm. 5; ek skal í dag heimta tannfé þitt at Sveini konungi, Fb. i. 481; þessi þræll hafði Hákoni verit gefinn at tannfé, Fms. i. 210; þenna grip gaf faðir minn mér at tannfé, Ld. 72; þat sem þau höfðu gefit Ásmundi syni þeirra í tannfé, D. n. ii. 364.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᚾᚾ-ᚠᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)