Þriði
Old Norse Dictionary - þriði
Meaning of Old Norse word "þriði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þriði can mean:þriði
- þriði
- sounded þriðji, gen. dat. acc. þriðja; pl. þriðju: [A. S. þrydda; North. E. thrid]:—the third, Nj. 32, Eg. 168, 220, 279, 537, and passim.
- þriði
- COMPDS: þriðja-bræðri or -bræðra, adj., also used as a noun, fifth cousins (male), cp. annara-bræðra (see annarr), Grág. i. 285, ii. 172, 173, 188, 246, BS. i. 10. Þriði-dagr (mod. Þriðju-dagr), m. the third day, i. e. Tuesday, Orkn. 322, K. Á. 182, Rb. 112 (see the remarks to dagr). þriðja-vaka, u, f. the ‘third wake,’ i. e. the 8th day of July, D. n. passim (see Fr.)
- þriði
- II. Þriði is one of the names of Odin, Edda 3; Þriðja þing, = Valhalla or the Einherjar, Ýt.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᛁᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- North. E.
- Northern English.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- i. e.
- id est.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)