Bý-fluga
Old Norse Dictionary - bý-fluga
Meaning of Old Norse word "bý-fluga"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bý-fluga
- u, f. a ‘bee-fly,’ bee, Edda 12, Stj. 91, 210, etc.; bý-flygi, n. id., Bs. i. 210, Stj. 411.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢ-ᚠᛚᚢᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)