Tjaldr
Old Norse Dictionary - tjaldr
Meaning of Old Norse word "tjaldr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- tjaldr
- m. a bird, an oyster-catcher or sea-pie, hæmatopus ostralegus l., Edda (Gl.), and mod. usage, (Dan. tjald); so called prob. from its long legs, like tent-spars.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᛅᛚᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)