Feila
Old Norse Dictionary - feila
Meaning of Old Norse word "feila"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- feila
- að, [early Germ. feilen, mod. fehlen, usually derived from Lat. fallere], to falter, be shy; Sinfjötli lét sér ekki feilask, Fas, (VölS. S.) i. 133; mod., feila sér, id. This word hardly occurs before the 14th century; cp. however fól, fælinn, fæla, which are all of Teut. origin.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᛁᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
Works & Authors cited:
- Völs. S.
- Völsunga Saga. (C. II.)