Tína

Old Icelandic Dictionary - tína

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "tína" in English.

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

tína Old Icelandic word can mean:

tína
(-da, -dr), v.
tína
1) to pick (hann tíndi upp gullit);
tína
2) to cleanse (t. korn);
tína
3) fig. to recount, narrate (engi tunga má t., hversu mikit gott konungrinn veitti sínum mönnum);
tína
4) refl., tínast, to go one by one (bað jarl sína menn t. undan).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᚾᛅ

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