Tølpel

Old Danish Dictionary - tølpel

Meaning of Old Danish word "Tølpel", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Tølpel can mean:

  • no. (t tolpel) klods, tølp- er; som mange groffue tylpel oc wfor- standige mend giore. HemmP II. 195%; — titiota, en groff tølpel, som intet for- stær sig. HelvF b8; mangen wfor- standig groff tølpel, pudtzer oc vd- staferer. SKP 338; var hand dog en 1 tølpel oc et skarn. Hors" (1685) 79;— Samme form h. Holb, jf Ulysses v Ihacia A 5, S 3; Erasm Mont A 2, $2;Ep (v Bruun) IV. 272.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᚯᛚᛕᚽᛚ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

g.
grad (gradus).
n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).

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