tivar

See also: tívar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse tívar, plural of týr, from Proto-Germanic *tīwaz, whence also Ty.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²tiːvar/

Noun

tivar m pl (definite plural tivane)

  1. (poetic) gods
    Synonyms: gudar, æser
    • 1905, “Voluspaa”, in Ivar Mortensson-Egnund, transl., Edda-kvæde, pages 139-140:
      Tivar alle
      på tingstolar gjekk,
      dei høgheilage
      heldo raadlag:
      natt og near
      namn dei gaavo,
      morgon likeins
      og middags-leite,
      undorn og aftan,
      til aar aa rekne.
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