Töðu-annir
Old Norse Dictionary - töðu-annir
Meaning of Old Norse word "töðu-annir" (or tǫðu-annir)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- töðu-annir (tǫðu-annir)
- f. pl. the season for mowing the infield, beginning a little before the Icel. midsummer time, the middle of July, from the 12th to the 14th week of the summer, see Icel. Almanack; in 1872 it falls on the 13th of July; after the töðuannir follows the engja-sláttr, or mowing the open outfields, Nj. 192.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, töðu-annir may be more accurately written as tǫðu-annir.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚦᚢ-ᛅᚾᚾᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)