Töggla

Old Norse Dictionary - töggla

Meaning of Old Norse word "töggla" (or tǫggla)

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

töggla (tǫggla)
að, to tug; er tögglað hefir eyrendin fram, Skálda H. 7. 63; tögglast á e-u, to harp on the same thing.

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

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

Works & Authors cited:

Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)
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