Töl-víss
Old Norse Dictionary - töl-víss
Meaning of Old Norse word "töl-víss" (or tǫl-víss)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- töl-víss (tǫl-víss)
- adj. skilled in arithmetic, Clem. 33; as a nickname, Bjarni inn tölvísi, of a learned Icel. of the 12th century, Rb.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, töl-víss may be more accurately written as tǫl-víss.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᛚ-ᚢᛁᛋᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bjarni
- Bjarni Thorarinson.
- Clem.
- Clements Saga. (F. III.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)