Þing

Old Icelandic Dictionary - þing

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "þing" in English.

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

þing Old Icelandic word can mean:

þing
n.
þing
1) assembly, meeting;
þing
esp. for purposes of legislation, a parliament;
þing
slíta ~i, segja ~ laust, to dissolve a meeting;
þing
2) parish;
þing
3) district, county, shire;
þing
vera í ~i goða, to be in the district of such and such a goði, to be his liegeman, in his jurisdiction;
þing
4) interview, of lovers;
þing
vera í ~um við konu, to have a love intrigue with a woman (þat var talat, at Þorbjórn væri í ~um við Þórdísi);
þing
5) in pl. things articles, valuables (síðan tók hón ~ sín, en Þorsteinn tók hornin).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚾᚴ

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.
esp.
especially.
pl.
plural.

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