Þjálfi
Old Norse Dictionary - þjálfi
Meaning of Old Norse word "þjálfi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þjálfi
- a, m. the name of the servant and follower of Thor, Edda; and also as a pr. name, Baut.; the word prop. means a delver, digger, Germ. delber, delben, = to delve, dig: the names Þjálfi and Röskva (q. v.) indicate that Thor was the friend of farmers and the god of agriculture.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᛅᛚᚠᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Baut.
- Bautil. (K. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)