Toga
Old Norse Dictionary - toga
Meaning of Old Norse word "toga"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word toga can mean:toga
- toga
- að, [see tjúga; Engl. tug], to draw; mér þótti sem vit héldim á einni hönk ok togaðim, Fms. vi. 312; er þessi maðr góðr af tíðindum, þurfum vér eigi at toga orð út ór honum, Grett. 98 C; síðan togar hann á honum tunguna, Fms. iii. 103, 154; toga ok teygja, Hom. 114; tóku hann tveir ok toguðu hann milli sín, Fms. ix. 241; með töngum togaðr, Barl. 166: in the phrase, fara sem fætr toga, to run all the feet can stretch, Gísl. 6l, Fas. i. 434; toga af e-m, to draw the shoes and stockings off a person (of an attendant, mod. taka í e-n), Ld. 36, Bjarn. 29, Fbr. 137, Bs. i. 847, cp. Eb. 242; toga af öllu afli, id.
- toga
- 2. reflex., togask við fast, to pull hard, Fms. iii. 188; hón togaðisk ór höndum honum, Fbr. 137; eigi muntú við mikinn aldr togask eiga, Fas. ii. 507.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)