Þing
Old Icelandic Dictionary - þingMeaning 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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