Þrjózka
Old Norse Dictionary - þrjózka
Meaning of Old Norse word "þrjózka"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þrjózka can mean:þrjózka
- þrjózka
- u, f. [Germ. dratz and trotz; Dan. trods], refractoriness, sullen obstinacy; dirfð ok þrjózku (= Lat. pertinacia), Hom. 24; nú harðna þeir í þrjózku, K. Á. 54; með þrjózku ok þrályndi, Fms. vii. 21; en þeir sem þetta greiða eigi fyrir þrjózku sakir, Gþl. 21.
- þrjózka
- COMPDS: þrjózkufullr, þrjózkumaðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᛁᚢᛋᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)