Definitions
Definitions
1 FÍNN
adj. [Ital. fine and fino = perfect, from Lat. finis; Engl. fine; Germ. fein]:—fine; it occurs in the Icel. poems Nikulas-drápa and Skíða-rima, and prob. came to Icel. along with the English trade at the beginning of the 15th century; sax fínt sem spegill, Fas. iii. 543 (MS. 15th century): in a good sense, girnist þú barn mitt blezan fá, björg lífs og gæfu fína, fine luck, happiness, Pass. 37. 4.
2 FÍNN
β. of clothes, ‘fínn’ is opp. to ‘coarse,’ but the use of the word is rare in Icel.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
FÍNN
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "FÍNN" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).