Þumlungr
Old Norse Dictionary - þumlungr
Meaning of Old Norse word "þumlungr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þumlungr can mean:þumlungr
- þumlungr
- m. the thumb of a glove; hanzka-þ., Ls. 60, Edda 29.
- þumlungr
- 2. an inch, Symb. 59, Grág. ii. 193 (Kb.); einn þ., tveir þ., freq. in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᛘᛚᚢᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- þ.
- þáttr.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Kb.
- Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
- Symb.
- Symbolae. (H. IV.)