Þing-stöð
Old Norse Dictionary - þing-stöð
Meaning of Old Norse word "þing-stöð" (or þing-stǫð)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þing-stöð (þing-stǫð)
- f. = þingstaðr, Grág. i. 122, Eg. 741, Fær. 17, Glúm. 394, Ísl. ii. 193, Fms. xi. 85.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, þing-stöð may be more accurately written as þing-stǫð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚾᚴ-ᛋᛏᚢᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)