Tún-garðr
Old Norse Dictionary - tún-garðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "tún-garðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- tún-garðr
- m. a ‘town-garth,’ fence of a tún, Grág. i. 147, ii. 263, Eg. 713, Ld. 138, Gullþ. 61, 77, Bs. i. 648, K. Á. 64, Fms. vi. 368.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚾ-ᚴᛅᚱᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- K. Á.
- Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)