Tönnla

Meaning of Old Norse word "tönnla" (or tǫnnla)

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

tönnla (tǫnnla)

að, to attack with the teeth, backbite, quarrel; … þér tönnlið ok upp etið hverr annan innbyrðis, Gal. v. 15; tönnlast og tyggjast, to quarrel.

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

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