Fífa
Old Norse Dictionary - fífa
Meaning of Old Norse word "fífa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word fífa can mean:fífa
- fífa
- u, f. [Gr. πάππος], cotton grass, eriophorum, Stj. 40; Icel. say, léttr sem fifa, light as f.; fífu-kveykr, m. a wick of f.
- fífa
- β. metaph. and poët. an arrow, Edda (Gl.): the name of a ship, from her swiftness, Orkn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᚠᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)