Tygill

Old Norse Dictionary - tygill

Meaning of Old Norse word "tygill"

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

Old Norse word tygill can mean:tygill

tygill
m., pl. tuglar (like lykill, pl. luklar), a dimin.; [akin to tog; cp. Germ. zügel]:—a string, strap, thong, esp. of the strap with which a cloak was fastened round the neck; möttull á tuglum, Fms. v.i. 201; tygill er menit var fest með, Ó. H. 135; á tuglunum taflpungsins var gullbaugr, Gullþ. 20; in Lv. 41 read, ok gullbaugr (for gullband) á tyglinum.
tygill
COMPDS: tugla-möttull, -feldr, m. a cloak with a strap, Fær. 263, Fms. v. 292, Sturl. ii. 154, (Bs. i. 556 spelt tugla-.) tygil-knífr, m. a knife or dirk hanging from the belt on a tygill, Fms. v.. 165, x. 149, Ísl. ii. 277.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
dimin.
diminutive.
esp.
especially.
Germ.
German.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
v.
vide.
þ.
þáttr.
s. v.
sub voce.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gullþ.
Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
Lv.
Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fær.
Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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