Þýðverska
Old Norse Dictionary - þýðverska
Meaning of Old Norse word "þýðverska"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þýðverska
- u, f., or, dropping the v, Þýðerska, Þýverska, the Teutonic land, Germany; til annarra landa, Danmerkr ok Þýðersku (Þðerska ríkis, Þýðverska land, v. l.), Fms. ix. 487; landskjálpti inn mikli í Þýðersku, Ann. 1000 B; fór Sturla þá suðr í Þýðversku-land, Bs. i. 555; hann mælti Þýðesku, spoke in German, Greg. 75; raka jaðar-skegg á Þýðversku (Þýversku, v. l.), in German fashion, Sks. 66 new Ed.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᚦᚢᛁᚱᛋᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)