Tönn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - tönn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "tönn" (or tǫnn) in Norwegian.

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

tönn (tǫnn): tönn, f. (G. tannar, N. Pl. tenn, tennr) 1) Tand; galti gœddi þá ferðina oklagði upp ranann ok tennrnar á söðul-treyju konungs Flat. II, 2717; hafa þeirhvalir tennr eigi stœrri en gera mámjök stór knífshefti af eða tafl Kgs.3013. 312; mæla e-t innan tanna dvs. vedsig selv, saa at det ikke høres, Str. 812;rjóða tönn á e-m dvs. have fat paa enog tilføie ham Skade, Flat. II, 364; vurðuþegar heilir, er þat (nl. viðsmjörit) kominnan tanna þeim, hvat er áðr var atmeini HeilaG. II, 4404; sér þessi samibróðir - einn helvítisanda niðr stíg-anda yfir þenna einsetumann hafandiþrennar tenn eldligar HeilaG. II, 63236;Erlingr sá til hans ok glotti við tönnOH. 11425; ekki tjá tanna Bær. 10821,Klm. 3821, se under tjá; þegar er Ranifinnr honum tönn, þá gaf hann honumbeltit (jvf tannfé) OHm. 4 (41). 2) Hvalrostand; grafa tönn Bp. I, 14333;ofléttubuðkr með tönn Kalfsk. 84; omHvalrostand som Handelsvare coll. Krók.2010.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᚯᚿᚿ
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:

coll.: Collectiv.

f.: Feminin.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

p.: Pagina, side.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

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