Tinna
Old Norse Dictionary - tinna
Meaning of Old Norse word "tinna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- tinna
- u, f. a flint; taka eld með tinnu, Fms. viii. 56; tiunu-grjót, a flint-stone, Gsp.: freq. in mod. usage, hrafn-tinna (q. v.), ‘raven-flint,’
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᚾᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gsp.
- Getspeki Heiðreks. (A. II.)