Þyna
Old Norse Dictionary - þyna
Meaning of Old Norse word "þyna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þyna can mean:þyna
- þyna
- u, f. [akin to þön, þenja?], the withers (?); en er hann sá uxann, þá var hlaupin ofan bógrinn ok slitin þynan (wither-wrung? but of an ox), fýstu flestir at drepa skyldi, Bs. i. 370: or is þyna = the peritoneum, mod. líf-hinna?
- þyna
- 2. a nickname; Þorbjörn þyna, Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)