Taumalag

Old Norwegian Dictionary - taumalag

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "taumalag" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

taumalag: taumalag, n. Tømmer, Reb som er lagte paaet Dyr for derved at styre eller lede det;fig. vel skyldu þeir lostasemi stilla, erlögunum ok heimsins taumalagi stýraAlex. 620; jarteignarás hefir ekki taum-alag í þeima stað Heilag. I, 71027 &vl;hafði hón á hinum yngra aldri lifateptir lystingum líkama síns, at slitnutaumalagi skírlífis Heilag. I, 5144; al-máttigr guð gaf yðr í hendr taumalagþessarrar veraldar Heilag. II, 10619;hvárki hafði nýlig fœzla né glaðligrdrykkr teitt taumalag hans fyrirheitsHeilag. II, 34812.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᛆᚢᛘᛆᛚᛆᚵ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

fig.: figurlig, i figurlig betydning.

n.: Neutrum.

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