Þeli
Old Norse Dictionary - þeli
Meaning of Old Norse word "þeli"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þeli can mean:þeli
- þeli
- a, m. [akin to þel = nap], frozen ground; vetr svá góðr at engi kom þeli í jörð, Landn. (App.) 324; var þá allr þeli ór jörðu, ok svá blautlent at …, Fms. ix. 511; snælaust á jörðu, var svað a þelanum, viii. 393; en ef jörðin væri fyrir útan allan verma eðr yl, þá væri hón öll í einum þela, Sks. 210; þíða þela ór brjósti e-m, Hom. 107.
- þeli
- 2. metaph. obstruction in the chest, catarrh; hafa þela fyrir brjóstinu.
- þeli
- COMPDS: þelahögg, þelalauss.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)