Tjöruviðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - tjöruviðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "tjöruviðr" (or tjǫruviðr) in Norwegian.

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

tjöruviðr (tjǫruviðr): tjöruviðr, m. = tyrviðr; tjöruvið eða furu,þvíat þesskyns viðr er eldnæmastr Kgs.90 &vl 13.

Part of speech: m

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, tjöruviðr may be more accurately written as tjǫruviðr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᛁᚯᚱᚢᚠᛁᚦᚱ
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:

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.