Þý
Old Norse Dictionary - þý
Meaning of Old Norse word "þý"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þý can mean:þý
- þý
- n., qs. þivi, [Ulf. þjus = οἰκέτης, þiwan = δουλουν, þiwi = παιδίσκη, þiwis = δουλος; A. S. þeow; Dan. ty, tyende; cp. þjó-na]:—a serf, bondsman; þý hans eðr ambátt, Gísl. 132 (for þýr).
- þý
- 2. in mod. usage, metaph. vile, bad people; þýið með þrælum sínum, PasS. 11. 12.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- qs.
- quasi.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.