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.)