Torf-viðr
Old Norse Dictionary - torf-viðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "torf-viðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- torf-viðr
- m. = tyri-viðr, [A. S. tyrwe], a tarred tree; kasta loganda torfviði með brennu-steini, Róm. 277 (= Lat. ‘picem et sulphure taedam mixtam ardenti mittere,’ Sallust, Jug. ch. 57).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚱᚠ-ᚢᛁᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- ch.
- chapter.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)