Tengðir
Old Norse Dictionary - tengðir
Meaning of Old Norse word "tengðir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word tengðir can mean:tengðir
- tengðir
- f. pl. ‘bonds,’ affinity; as a law phrase this word displaced the old heathen sifjar, q. v.; réttr at tengðum, Grág. i. 191; fyrir tengða sakir, Nj. 177; var honum efling at tengðum við Mýra-menn, Ld. 98; binda saman lag sitt ok félagskap eptir því sem tengðir þeirra vórn til, Fms. iv. 295; hann batt við þá tengðir, Eb. 4; ná-tengðir.
- tengðir
- COMPDS: tengðafaðir, tengðalið, tengðamenn, tengðamóðir, tengðasystir.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᚾᚴᚦᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)