Töðu-verk

Old Norse Dictionary - töðu-verk

Meaning of Old Norse word "töðu-verk" (or tǫðu-verk)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

töðu-verk (tǫðu-verk)
n. the making hay in the infield, Finnb. 340.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, töðu-verk may be more accurately written as tǫðu-verk.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚦᚢ-ᚢᛁᚱᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Finnb.
Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
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