Þilja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - þilja

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "þilja" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

þilja Old Icelandic word can mean:

þilja
I)
þilja
(þil; þilda; þilitir, þildr, þilinn), v. to cover with deals, to board, plank.
þilja
II)
þilja
f. deal, plank, planking, esp. on a ship; pl. the deck (far þú undir þiljur niðr).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᛚᛁᛅ

Abbreviations used:

esp.
especially.
f.
feminine.
pl.
plural.

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