Tví-syngja
Old Norse Dictionary - tví-syngja
Meaning of Old Norse word "tví-syngja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- tví-syngja
- sing, to chant double in the church, a kind of two-voiced music, a relic of the early Middle Ages, still practised in Icel., recorded in Laur. S. (BS. i. 847).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᛁ-ᛋᚢᚾᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Laur. S.
- Laurentius Saga. (D. III.)