Tjogu
Old Norse Dictionary - tjogu
Meaning of Old Norse word "tjogu"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- tjogu
- prop. an acc. from tjogr, = togr, tigr; [Swed. tiogo; Dan. tyve; Early Dan. tjuge; Norwegian kjogo]:—twenty, Sighvat, Ó. H. 233 (in a verse); else not used in Icel. except in the compd tut-tugu; but in full use in Swed. as well as in Dan.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᚢᚴᚢ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)