Fiðla
Old Norse Dictionary - fiðla
Meaning of Old Norse word "fiðla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fiðla
- u, f. [A. S. fidele; Germ. fiedel], a fiddle, FmS. vii. 97, xi. 353 (in a verse); fiðlu-sláttr, playing on a fiddle, Hom. 106.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᚦᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)