1 FLÓI
a, m. [Norse flaa-vand, flaa-bygd; cp. the Kelpie’s flow in Scott’s Bride of Lammermoor; also the ice-floe of Arctic navigators]:—a marshy moor, Ísl. ii. 345, Fms. iv. 359, Jb. ii. 280; fúa-flói, a rotten fen; flóa-barð, n. the edge of a f.; flóa-skítr, m. = flóð-skítr; flóa-sund, n. a strip of moor; and many other compds.
2 FLÓI
β. a district in the south of Icel., hence Flóa-menn, m. pl. the men of F., and Flóa-manna Saga, u, f. the name of a Saga.
3 FLÓI
II. a bay or large firth, Þórð. 7 new Ed.: freq. in local names, Stranda-flói, Grett. 13 new Ed.; Húna-flói, Sturl. iii. 58 sqq.; Faxa-f. (old Faxa-óss). Flóa-fundr, m. the battle in F., Sturl., Ann.—Deep water in a bay is also called flói, opp. to the shallow water near the coast, Bjarneyja-flói.