Tví-tugr
Old Norse Dictionary - tví-tugr
Meaning of Old Norse word "tví-tugr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- tví-tugr
- tví-togr, adj. aged twenty, Grág. i. 307, 465, ii. 108, Fms. ii. 7, vi. 90, Jb. 143, passim: measuring twenty (fathoms, ells), Grág. i. 497, ii. 337, Fms. iii. 194, passim; átta vetr um tvítugt, i. e. twenty-eight years old, Stj. 26.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᛁ-ᛏᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- i. e.
- id est.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)