FLÓA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

FLÓA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 FLÓA

að, to boil milk or fluids; hence, flóuð mjólk, boiled milk; óflóuð mjólk, unboiled milk; sólin heitir ok flóar alla veröld, Mar. 56; hón flóar ok heitir kólnuð hjörtu. 60.

2 FLÓA

II. to flood; Lögrinn gengr svá upp á löndin at víða flóar, Ó. H. 17; af hans sárum flóaði svá mikit blóð, Mar. (Fr.): in mod. usage always declined with ð, flóir and flóði, if in this sense.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛚᚢᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Fr
French in etymologies.
Fr.
French in etymologies.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.

Works & Authors

Fr.
Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
Mar.
Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

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