Tygi
Old Norse Dictionary - tygi
Meaning of Old Norse word "tygi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word tygi can mean:tygi
- tygi
- n. [A. S. ga-teawa; O. H. G. ziug; Germ. zeug; Dan. töi; Engl. toy]:—gear, harness; flestöll tygi þau er þeir höfðu átt, Fb. iii. 567; söðull með öllum tygjum, D. n. i. 321; þitt ess eðr tygi, Pr. 422; reið-tygi, saddle-harness.
- tygi
- 2. metaph. kind; einn at þessu vánda tye (= tyge) er Robert klerkr af Broc (de funesta illa progenie), Thom. 231: mod., af sama tægi, a sample of the same piece.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)