Þögn
Old Norse Dictionary - þögn
Meaning of Old Norse word "þögn" (or þǫgn)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þögn can mean:þögn
- þögn (þǫgn)
- f., gen. þagnar, [þegja], silence; sögn eða þögn haf þú þér sjálfr í hug, Sdm.; gott þóttumk þat er ek þögn of gat, silence, a hearing, Höfuðl.; slegit hefir þögn á þegna, Sighvat; þá sló þögn á höfðingjana ok mælti einginn, Fagrsk. 61; þagnar mark, Stj. 250; þagnar tími, a time of silence, Bs. i. 891, Stj. 158, and passim, þagnar-gildi, n.; in the phrase, láta e-ð liggja (vera) í þagnargildi, to leave a thing alone, not mention it.
- þögn (þǫgn)
- II. mythical, the name of a goddess, Edda (Gl.), Gísl.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, þögn may be more accurately written as þǫgn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᚴᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Höfuðl.
- Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
- Sdm.
- Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)