Fíll
Dizionario Old Norse - fíll
Significato della parola Old Norse "fíll"
Come definito dal dizionario Old Norse to English di Cleasby & Vigfusson:
La parola Old Norse fíll può significare:fíll
- fíll
- m. [early Swed. and Dan. fil], an elephant; this interesting word, which is still in exclusive use in Icel., was borrowed from the Persian fil, and came to Scandinavia in early times, probably by the eastern road of trade through Russia and Constantinople; it occurs in a verse of the 10th century (Fb. i. 209), the genuineness of which may be doubtful, but at all events the word is old; freq. in Al., Stj., Flóv., and romanceS. But úlfaldi, Goth. ulbandus, A. S. olfend or olvend, a corruption of the Gr. ελέφαντ-, means camel.
- fíll
- COMPDS: fílsbein, fílstönn.
Possibile iscrizione runica in Fuþark recente:ᚠᛁᛚᛚ
Le rune Fuþark recenti sono state utilizzate dal 8° al 12° secolo in Scandinavia e nei loro insediamenti all'estero
Abbreviazioni usate:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
Opere & Autori citati:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Flóv.
- Flóvents Saga. (G. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)