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.)