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tröf, n. pl. fringes, see ' traf'.
tugla-, gen. pl. from ' tygill';
-möttull, -akinnfeldr, m. a cloak filled with straps.
tugr, m. = tigr; hafði hann þrjá vetr hins fjórða tugar, he was thirty-three years old.
tug-tugti, ord. numb, twentieth, = tuttugti (við tugtugta mann).
tumba (að), v. to tumble.
tundr, n. tinder (þurrt t.)
tundra (að), v. to catch fire (eldrinn tundraði skjótt).
tundr-ör, f. tinder-arrow.
tunga (gen. pl. tungna), f. (1) tongue; skœðar tungur, evil tongues; hafa tungu fyrir e-m, to have a tongue for a person, be the spokesman; gæti hann, að honum vefist eigi tungan um höfuð, let him take heed that his tongue do not twist a noose for his own neck; (2) tongue, language (þá skiptust tungur í Englandi, er Vilhjálmr bastarðr vann England); dönsk t., the Danish (Norse) tongue; (3) tongue of land (Ö. nam tungu alla milli Hvítar ok Reykjadalsár).
tungl, n. the moon (t. óð í skýjum).
tungl-ár, n. lunar year;
-fylling, -fyllr, f. lunation;
-koma, f. new moon;
-skin, n. moonshine.
tungls-ljós, n. moonlight.
tungl-tal, n. lunar computation;
-œrr, a. lunatic;
-öld, f. lunar cycle.
tungna-skipti, n. the confusion of tongues (at Babel).
tungu-bragð, n. (motion of the) tongue, language (mjúkt -bragð);
-fimi, f. fluency of tongue;
-fimr, a. glib, voluble;
-hvass, a. keen-tongued;
-lauss, a. tongueless;
-mjúkr, a. smooth-tongued;
-rœtr, f. pl. the roots of the tongue;
-skorinn, pp. tongue-cut;
-skœði, n. evil use of the tongue;
-skœðr, a. evil-tongued;
-snjallr, a. eloquent;
-varp, n. motion of the tongue;
tunna, f. tun, barrel.
turn (pl. -ar), m. tower.
turna (að), v. to turn; t. e-u urn, to turn upside down.
turnera (að), v. to ride a tourney.
turniment, n. tilt, tournament.
turn-reið, f. = turniment.
turturi, m. turtle-dove.
tuskast (að), v. refl. to scuffle, tussle.
tutla (að), v. to push, shove.
tuttr, m. tom-thumb.
tuttugasti, tuttugti, ord. numb, the twentieth (á tuttugta ári).
tuttugu, card. numb, twenty.
túlka (að), v. to interpret; t. mál e-s, to plead one's case, be the spokesman; t. fyrir e-m, to be one's interpreter (mun ek fylgja þér til staðarins ok t. fyrir þér); t. illa fyrir e-m, to give one a bad report, bear one bad witness.
túlkan, f. pleading.
túlkari, m. interpreter.
túlkr (-s, -ar), m. (1) interpreter (t. konungs); (2) spokesman.
tún, n. (1) a hedged plot, enclosure, court-yard, homestead; gullu gæss í túni, the geese screamed in the yard; (2) home field, home meadow (bleikir akrar, en slegin tún); (3) town.
tún-annir, f. pl. haymaking in the home meadow;
-brekka, f. the brink or edge of a home meadow;
-garðr, m. (1) fence of a tún 2; (2) = tún í;
-göltr, m. home-field boar;
-hlið, n. court-gate;
-riða, f. witch, ghost;
-svín, n. = -göltr;
-völlr, m. home field (Björn var úti á -velli).
tve-falda, -faldr, see 'tví-falda, -faldr'.
tveir (tvœr, tvau), card. numb, two; höggva tveim höndum, with both hands; höggva í tvau, in two,asunder; tveimr er tveggja hugr, two men two minds; tveim megin Slésvíkr, on both sides of Slesvik.
tvenning, f. duality; í tvenningu, in two parts (fór flokkrinn optliga í tvenningu).
tvennr, a. consisting of two different things or kinds, twofold (tvenn frásögn); í tvennu lagi, in two parts; tvennir, two (á skóginum voru tvennar leiðir); nú ferr tvennum sögunum fram, two tales now run parallel; tvennir skór, two pair of shoes; neut. tvennt, two things (sides,parts); hefir mér tvennt um sýnzt, there has seemed to be two sides to the matter.
tve-vetr, a. two years old.
tvinna (að), v. to double.

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