Þrúðna-þurs
Old Norse Dictionary - þrúðna-þurs
Meaning of Old Norse word "þrúðna-þurs"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þrúðna-þurs
- (?), m.; ek kenni þik hvar þú stendr þrúðna-þursinn, the doughty giant, or the charmed, bewitched giant, of Starkad with the charmed life, FaS. (Skjöld. S.) i. 373.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᚢᚦᚾᛅ-ᚦᚢᚱᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Skjöld.
- Skjöldunga Saga. (C. II.)