Tin
Old Norse Dictionary - tin
Meaning of Old Norse word "tin"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word tin can mean:tin
- tin
- n. [a common Teut. word; Lat. stannum], tin, Fs. 22, Stj. 340, Konr., Dipl. iii. 4, Vm. 47, passim.
- tin
- COMPDS: tinbjalla, tindiskr, tinfat, tinker, tinknappr, tinkross, tinligr, tinsmiðr, tinsöðull.
- tin
- II. nicknames, Tin-forni, Eb.; Tin-teinn, Korm.; (tindráttar-maðr, a pewterer, in Kormak’s verse.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Konr.
- Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)