Tvistr
Old Norse Dictionary - tvistr
Meaning of Old Norse word "tvistr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word tvistr can mean:tvistr
- tvistr
- 1. m. the two or ‘deuce’ in cards.
- tvistr
- 2. adj. [Swed. tjust; Dan. tyst = silent], dismal, sad, distressed, whence in deep silence, noiseless; varð þegar hljótt allt fólk ok tvist (Dan. lyt og tyst), Fms. vi. 374: allt kyrt ok tvist, ix. 510, v. l.; tvist ok daprt, Fas. ii. 392; mist hefik fljóðs ins tvista, Korm.; tvist hjarta, tvistar sorgir, Lex. Poët.; ú-tvistr, gleeful.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᛁᛋᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- adj.
- adjective.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.