Þilja

Old Norse Dictionary - þilja

Meaning of Old Norse word "þilja"

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

Old Norse word þilja can mean:þilja

þilja
u, f. a deal, plank, planking, esp. on a ship; þilja Hrungnis ilja, Edda. (Ht.); en er hann kom fram um siglu, þá skautzt niðr þilja undir fótum honum, Fms. viii. 74; þiljo eða þópto, Grág. ii. 171; brjóta árar eða þiljur, 356; sess-þiljur, ‘seat-deals,’ the thwarts or benches in a boat or galley, Hornklofi.
þilja
2. pl. the deck; undir þiljur niðr, Ó. H. 225, Fms. vi. 446; þá var Þyri dróttning leidd upp undan þiljum, iii. 11; far þú undir þiljur niðr ok ligg eigi hér fyrir fótum mönnum, Orkn. 148; hann bjó á þiljum frammi, Eb. 196; valr lá þröngt á þiljum, Sighvat.

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

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Abbreviations used:

esp.
especially.
f.
feminine.
l.
line.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Ht.
Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
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