Þella
Old Norse Dictionary - þella
Meaning of Old Norse word "þella"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þella
- u, f. [akin to þollr], a young pine, Norse telle, Lex. Poët., passim, esp. in circumlocutions of women; auðar-þella, hör-þella, mjaðar-þella, Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᛚᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.