Fíll
Fornnordisk Ordbok - fíll
Betydelsen av det fornnordiska ordet "fíll"
Enligt Cleasby & Vigfussons fornnordisk-engelska ordbok:
Fornnordiskt ord fíll kan betyda: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.
Möjlig runinskrift i yngre futhark:ᚠᛁᛚᛚ
Yngre futhark-runor användes från 800- till 1200-talet i Skandinavien och deras utländska bosättningar
Förkortningar som används:
- 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.
Verk & författare citerade:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Flóv.
- Flóvents Saga. (G. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)