Þeyr

Old Norse Dictionary - þeyr

Meaning of Old Norse word "þeyr"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word þeyr can mean:þeyr

þeyr
m., gen. þeys, Band. (in a verse); dat. þey; [Engl. thaw; Dan. ]:—a thaw; görði á þey með regni, Þórð. 11 new Ed.; göra þeir vindar um vetrum góðan þey (stóra þeyi ok miklar hlákur, v. l.), Sks. 49 new Ed.; þá var þeyr ok snælaust á jörðu, Fms. viii. 393; í bráða-þeyjum, Eg. 766; hlær ok inn bezti þeyr, Fms. ii. 228; þeyr hafði á verit, ok sá manns-sporin í snjónum, Fs. 41: poët. hjör-þeyr, örva-þeyr, egg-þeyr, geir-þeyr, víg-þeyr, Héðins þeyr, Göndlar þeyr, the storm of sword or spear, a war-storm, i. e. battle of Hedin and G. (a Valkyriur), Lex. poët. poët.
þeyr
COMPDS: þey-láð, þey-rann, n. = the heaven, sky, Lex. poët.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Dan.
Danish.
dat.
dative.
Engl.
English.
gen.
genitive.
gl.
glossary.
i. e.
id est.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
poët.
poetically.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Band.
Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Þórð.
Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)
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