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. tö]:—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.)