Tor-
Old Norse Dictionary - tor-
Meaning of Old Norse word "tor-"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- tor-
- an adverbial prefix to compds, opp. to auð-, q. v.; [this inseparable particle answers to Gr. δυς-, and remains only in O. H. G. zur-; in Ulf. tur- in a single word tur-werjan, Mark xi. 23; it is lost in A. S., Engl., Germ., and in the mod. Scandin. languages; in Icel. it is in full use up to the present day]:—difficult, hard.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚱ-
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- opp.
- opposed.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.