Þiðurr
Old Norse Dictionary - þiðurr
Meaning of Old Norse word "þiðurr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þiðurr
- m., pl. þiðrar; [mod. Norse tjur; Gr. τετράων]:—a partridge. Lat. tetrao perdrix, Edda (Gl.); þiðra (gen. pl.), Gþl. 449: in poets, ben-þ., val-þ., a carrion-bird, Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚦᚢᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- gen.
- genitive.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.