Feykja
Old Norse Dictionary - feykja
Meaning of Old Norse word "feykja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- feykja
- t, [fjúka], to blow, drive away, with dat., Ps. i. 4, Rd. 272: absol., Fas. ii. 238: metaph., feykja at e-m, to rush at one, Al. 40; hann feykir (rushes) inn í húsit sem kólfi skyti, Fms. vii. 342.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᚢᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- absol.
- absolute, absolutely.
- dat.
- dative.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)