Fíkinn
Old Norse Dictionary - fíkinn
Meaning of Old Norse word "fíkinn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fíkinn
- adj. [Dan. figen; Swed. fiken; wanting in Germ., Engl., and A. S.]:—greedy, eager; freq. in poët. compds, böð-f., gunn-f., morð-f., sigr-f., etc., warlike, valiant, Lex. poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᚴᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.