Þolin-móðr
Old Norse Dictionary - þolin-móðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "þolin-móðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þolin-móðr can mean:þolin-móðr
- þolin-móðr
- adj. [Dan. taalmodig], ‘thole-moody,’ patient, enduring, Stj. 158, Fb. ii. 261, Greg. 20, passim esp. in eccl. writers, n. T., Vídal.
- þolin-móðr
- II. masc. the clench-nail by which the blade is fastened to the haft of a clasp-knife; þolinmóðr í kníf, Edda ii. 494; þolin-móðrinn brotnaði.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᛚᛁᚾ-ᛘᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- masc.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)