Þrennr
Old Norse Dictionary - þrennr
Meaning of Old Norse word "þrennr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þrennr can mean:þrennr
- þrennr
- adj. (also þrinnr), triple, threefold (see tvennr); þrennr búningr, Dipl. iii. 4; einn Guð í þrenningu, þrennan í einingu, Fms. i. 281: plur. in distrib. sense, munnlaugar þrennar, Dipl. iii. 4; þrennar tylptir í fjórðungi hverjum, Nj. 150, Eg. 341; með þrennum greinum, Stj. 37; þessa ómaga þrenna, Grág. i. 275; þetta eru þrenn verð, thrice the prize. Ld. 30, 146, Hkr. iii. 408; þrenn mann-gjöld, Nj.; þrennar sátir, Orkn. 48; þrennar níundir, Hkv. Hjörv.; þrenni, indecl. (cp. tvenni), Anecd. 58; fjör þrenni, three lives, Rekst.
- þrennr
- COMPDS: þrenns-konar and þrenns-slags, of three kinds. þrennis-kyns, id., Barl. 131.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᛁᚾᚾᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- decl.
- declined.
- indecl.
- indeclinable.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- plur.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
Works & Authors cited:
- Anecd.
- Anecdoton. (H. II.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hkv. Hjörv.
- Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)