Töðu-göltr
Old Norse Dictionary - töðu-göltr
Meaning of Old Norse word "töðu-göltr" (or tǫðu-gǫltr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- töðu-göltr (tǫðu-gǫltr)
- m. a home-boar, kept grazing at home, Fs. 141.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, töðu-göltr may be more accurately written as tǫðu-gǫltr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚦᚢ-ᚴᚢᛚᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)