Telgja

Old Norwegian Dictionary - telgja

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "telgja" in Norwegian.

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

telgja: telgja, v. (gð) 1) skjære, hugge (Flis, Spaan)af Træ eller Sten; lét hann telgja lokar-spánu af tyrvitré Fm. VI, 15318; hannsópaði spánunum öllum í hönd sér,þeim er hann hafði telgt Flat. II, 32319;síðan telgði hann af rúnarnar ok skófþat í eld niðr Eg. 75 (18232). 2) til- skjære, tilhugge (Træ eller Sten), ved Bort-skjæring af Yderdele, Flise eller Spaanergive (Æmne af Træ eller Sten) den til-sigtede Form; telgja menn tveir tré eittok rýtr öx ór hendi manni - Gul. 1691; síðan gékk Þorbergr til ok telgðiborðin svá, at öll géngu ór skylihögginFlat. I, 4353; telgja grjót Post. 14815;Rb. 2, 1026.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᚽᛚᚵᛁᛆ
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:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

v.: Verbum.

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