Þeist
Old Norse Dictionary - þeist
Meaning of Old Norse word "þeist"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þeist
- or þeisti, a, m. a bird, uria grylle or colymbus grylle l., the sea-pigeon, Edda (Gl.): mod. teisti-kofa, or also þeista, u, f., Fél. i. 19; mod. Norse teiste, Edda (Gl.), passim in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᛁᛋᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fél.
- Félags-rit.