Þinull
Old Norse Dictionary - þinull
Meaning of Old Norse word "þinull"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þinull
- m. [telna, Ivar Aasen; akin to þenja], the edge-rope of a net; hann hljóp yfir net-þinolinn, … hleypr hann yfir þinulinn, Edda 40; oddnets þinull, Edda (in a verse).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚾᚢᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.