Tryggð
Old Norse Dictionary - tryggð
Meaning of Old Norse word "tryggð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word tryggð can mean:tryggð
- tryggð
- f. [Ulf. renders διαθήκη by triggwa; A. S. treowð; Engl. truth; hence mid. Lat. treuga; Engl. truce]:—faith, good faith, trustiness, as of a friend; trú og trygð.
- tryggð
- 2. as a law term, esp. in plur., plighted faith, truce; eiða svarða, unnar trygðir, Skv. 3. 20; griðum ok trygðum, N. G. l. ii. 50; gengu til ok veittu Gunnari trygðir, Nj. 88; svíkja e-n í trygð or trygðum, to betray one in time of truce, Hkr. i. (in a verse), Ld. 8; Hrafn son þinn sveik hann í trygðum, Ísl. ii. 272; hvat skal hans trygðum trúa, Hm. 110; ú-trygð, falseness, perfidy.
- tryggð
- COMPDS: trygðaeiðr, trygðafesta, trygðakaup, trygðamaðr, trygðamál, trygðarof, trygðarofsmaðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚱᚢᚴᚴᚦ
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.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- mid. Lat.
- middle Latin.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- esp.
- especially.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- plur.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)