Þela-högg
Old Norse Dictionary - þela-högg
Meaning of Old Norse word "þela-högg" (or þela-hǫgg)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þela-högg (þela-hǫgg)
- n. an ice-hoe, Bs. i. 319 (freq. in church-inventories for grave-digging), Vm. 65, 70, 87, 117, 124.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, þela-högg may be more accurately written as þela-hǫgg.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᛚᛅ-ᚼᚢᚴᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)