þinurr
nafnorðkarlkyn
[tinar, ], a kind of resinous fir-tree, of which bows and hoops were made, ii. 483; mold-þinorr, the earth-tree, of the tree Ygdrasil, (the reading ‘Miðgarðs-orm,’ in the paraphrase 44, refers to a form ‘mold-þinull’ = earth-string, a serpent).
2. a bow, being made of the wood of this tree; Fiðrinn skaut bogann með bíldör, ok kom á þinorinn ok brast í sundr boginn, 59 ( x. 362).
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- i. e.id est.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- Ivar AasenIvar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Ó. T.Ólafs saga Tryggvasonar. (E. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)