Þré-vetr
Old Norse Dictionary - þré-vetr
Meaning of Old Norse word "þré-vetr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þré-vetr
- adj. (in mod. usage also þré-vetra, indecl.), three winter’s (i. e. years) old, Eg. 147, Hkr. iii. 188, Fms. i. 77, Ld. 56, Orkn. 278, Grág. i. 503, ii. 122, 258, Jb. 196.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᛁ-ᚢᛁᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- decl.
- declined.
- i. e.
- id est.
- indecl.
- indeclinable.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)