Þyngsl
Old Norse Dictionary - þyngsl
Meaning of Old Norse word "þyngsl"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þyngsl can mean:þyngsl
- þyngsl
- (mod. þyngsli), n. pl. (þyngslir, f. pl., Barl. 44), a burden; göra e-m þ., to be a burden to one, B. K.; vera e-m til þyngsla, id.; meðr banni eðr öðrum þyngslum, at ganga undir þeirra álögur, MS. 126. 178.
- þyngsl
- 2. heavy affliction; mér þykkir íllt at menn hljóti svá mjök þ. af mér, Eb. 264; er öll þyngsl hafa af staðit, FmS. viii. 181, v. l.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᚾᚴᛋᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- þ.
- þáttr.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- B. K.
- Björgynjar Kálfskinn. (J. II.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)