Tún

Old Icelandic Dictionary - tún

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "tún" in English.

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

tún Old Icelandic word can mean:

tún
n.
tún
1) a hedged plot, enclosure, court-yard, homestead; gullu gæss í túni, the geese screamed in the yard;
tún
2) home field, home meadow (bleikir akrar, en slegin tún);
tún
3) town.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚾ

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.

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