Tryggr
Old Norse Dictionary - tryggr
Meaning of Old Norse word "tryggr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word tryggr can mean:tryggr
- tryggr
- adj., before a vowel tryggvan and tryggan; it was even sounded with i, as in Gothic, as is seen from rhymes, trigglaust þriggja, Haustl.; [Ulf. triggvs = πιστός]:—trusty, faithful, true; tryggr vinr, Ad. 10; trygg ok góð kona, Str. 15; t. höfðingi, Sks. 456; t. í trúnaði, Fms. vi. 52; þá mun fár vera tryggr, viii. 314; at eigi myndi allt tryggt vera, ix. 337; trygg ok staðföst ást, Str. 26; þú enn góði þræll ok inn tryggi, Hom. (St.); tryggr vinum ok frændum, Fs. 23.
- tryggr
- 2. unconcerned, Dan. tryg; verðit maðr svá tryggr at þessu trúi öllu, Hm. 88; var-at þat tryggt né ógnlaust, Ad. 5; jötnum þótti eigi tryggt at vera með Ásum griða-laust, Edda 25.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚱᚢᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ad.
- Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Haustl.
- Haustlöng. (A. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Str.
- Strengleikar. (G. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)