Tjúgari
Old Norse Dictionary - tjúgari
Meaning of Old Norse word "tjúgari"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- tjúgari
- a, m., prop. a pitch-fork; hence poët. tungls tjúgari, the pitch-forker of the moon, who forks the moon out of heaven, Vsp.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᚢᚴᛅᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- poët.
- poetically.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)