Tvítugr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - tvítugr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "tvítugr" in Norwegian.

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

tvítugr: tvítugr, adj. som indeholder to Tiere; hannhafði ok 4 tré haft út með klukkunumtvítug at hæð, álnum at mæla Bp. I,1329; t. at alnatali Stj. 56316; ef hvalrrekr á fjöro þá ok á hann at hafa hlassaf hvalnom -, ef hvalr er tvítugr Grg.II, 13814; DI. I, 580; kvarði tvítugr (dvs.som indeholder 20 Alen) Grg. II, 2507;især 20 Aar gammel, Grg. II, 24011;skal sá maðr tvítugr heita er hefir 20jóla nætr Rb. 36, 5; á tvítugs aldriEg. 1 (216); Fm. IV, 25420. X, 377; tví-tug drápa dvs. Draape som bestaar af 20Strofer eller Vers, Eg. 62 (1464); hannhefir 8 vetr um tvítugt dvs. er 28 Aar gammel, Stj. 263; hann hafði 4 vetr oktvítugt dvs. var 24 Aar gammel, Stj. 14017.

Part of speech: adj

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᚠᛁᛏᚢᚵᚱ
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:

adj.: Adjectiv.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

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