Þengill
Old Norse Dictionary - þengill
Meaning of Old Norse word "þengill"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þengill can mean:þengill
- þengill
- m. [A. S. þengel, from þing], prop. captain of a þing (?), a king, prince, only in poets, Edda i. 516, Hkv. 1. 22, Skv. 1. 25; manna-þengill, the peace-maker of man, of Heimdal, Gm.; stól-þengill, FmS. vi. (in a verse).
- þengill
- II. a pr. name, Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚾᚴᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- m.
- masculine.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)