FÍFRILDI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

FÍFRILDI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 FÍFRILDI

mod. fiðrildi through a false etymology, as if it were from fiðri, [O. H. G. viveltre; A. S. fifalde; provinc. Germ. feifalter; Swed. fjäril; Norse fivreld or fibrelde; Lat. pāpilio]:—a butterfly, Flor. 18.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛁᚠᚱᛁᛚᛏᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
O. H. G.: Old High German.
provinc.: provincial.
S.: South, Southern.
Swed: Swedish.
Swed.: Swedish.

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