Fjöl-móði
Old Norse Dictionary - fjöl-móði
Meaning of Old Norse word "fjöl-móði" (or fjǫl-móði)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fjöl-móði (fjǫl-móði)
- a, m. the sea-snipe, tringa maritima, so called from its wailing note, Edda (Gl.); hence fjölmóða-víl, n. pitiful wailing, vide Ísl. Þjóðs. pref. p. xi.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, fjöl-móði may be more accurately written as fjǫl-móði.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᚢᛚ-ᛘᚢᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pref.
- preface.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.