Tróða
Old Norse Dictionary - tróða
Meaning of Old Norse word "tróða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word tróða can mean:tróða
- tróða
- u, f. = tróð; eyri fyrir tróðu hverja ok svá fyrir næfra-kimbul hvern, N. G. L. i. 101; remains in the compd mæni-tróða.
- tróða
- 2. in poetry tróða is freq. in circumlocutions describing women, auð-tróða, gulls-tróða, menja-tróða, see Edda, Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚱᚢᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
Works & Authors cited:
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.