Fífla
Old Norse Dictionary - fífla
Meaning of Old Norse word "fífla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word fífla can mean:fífla
- fífla
- 1. u, f. a girl, Grett.
- fífla
- 2. d, [fivle, Ivar Aasen], with acc. to fool one, Skálda 168.
- fífla
- 2. to beguile a woman, Glúm. 377, Fs. 60, Nj. 107: reflex., fíflask at konu, id., Rd. 318, Bs. i. 663: of a woman, to fall into illicit love, Stj. 321, Bs. i. 653.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᚠᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- acc.
- accusative.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- m.
- masculine.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)