Tví-buri

Old Norse Dictionary - tví-buri

Meaning of Old Norse word "tví-buri"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

tví-buri
a, m. a twin, esp. in dual, Fms. i. 4, Slurl, i. 1, Rb. 100; in the N. T. = δίδυμος; tvíbura-merki, the Twins or Gemini, Rb.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᛁ-ᛒᚢᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

esp.
especially.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
N. T.
New Testament.
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
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