Þytr
Old Norse Dictionary - þytr
Meaning of Old Norse word "þytr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þytr
- m. [þjóta], a noise, whistling sound, as of wind, leaves, Edda (Gl.); þær þyt þulu, of the whirling of a mill, Gs. 3: er þungt at heyra þyt smábarna, cries, wailings, Fms. i. 263; vinda gnýr eða vatna þytr, Skúlda; lúðra-þytr, q. v.; íllviðra-þytr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gs.
- Grótta-söngr. (A. II.)