Tjörvi
Old Norse Dictionary - tjörvi
Meaning of Old Norse word "tjörvi" (or tjǫrvi)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- tjörvi (tjǫrvi)
- a, m. a pr. name, prop. a charmer, wizard (?), akin, by way of metathesis, to Tyrfingr, q. v.; as also taufr; the later and common form is Torfi, Landn.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, tjörvi may be more accurately written as tjǫrvi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᚢᚱᚢᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)