Fífrildi
Old Norse Dictionary - fífrildi
Meaning of Old Norse word "fífrildi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fífrildi
- mod. fiðrildi through a false etymology, as if it were from fiðri, [O. H. G. viveltre; A. S. fifalde; provinc. Germ. feifalter; Swed. fjäril; Norse fivreld or fibrelde; Lat. pāpilio]:—a butterfly, Flor. 18.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᚠᚱᛁᛚᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Germ.
- German.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- provinc.
- provincial.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.