Þula

Old Norse Dictionary - þula

Meaning of Old Norse word "þula"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

þula: n, f. [þylja], a rote, old name for a kind of harp, now used of strings of rhymes running on without strophic division (Dan. ramse), en þá er sú þula var úti, Fas. iii. 206; orta ek eina um jarl þulu, | verðr-at drápa með Dönum verri, Fb. iii. 426; ella mun það þykkja þula | þannig nær sem ek henda mula, Mkv.; Rígs-þula, name of a poem (Edda ii. 496); Þorgrims-þula, Edda i. 480; lesa í þulu og bulu, to read by rote: also used of rhymed or alliterative formulas.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Dan.: Danish.

f.: feminine.

n.: neuter.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Mkv.: Málshátta-kvæði. (A. III.)

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