Þjóð-smiðr
Old Norse Dictionary - þjóð-smiðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "þjóð-smiðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þjóð-smiðr
- m. a master-craftsman, great artist; Þórðr var umsýslumaðr mikill ok inn mesti þ., of a shipwright, Þórð. 10 new Ed.; hann var hinn mesti þ., Fb. ii. 73, and in mod. usage; cp. þjóðhagr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚢᚦ-ᛋᛘᛁᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Þórð.
- Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)