Fjölð
Old Norse Dictionary - fjölð
Meaning of Old Norse word "fjölð" (or fjǫlð)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fjölð (fjǫlð)
- f. = fjöldi, a multitude, Fms. ii. 199, Róm. 383: esp. in poetry, with gen. a plenty of, Höfuðl. 16, Am. 8. 92, Gs. 5, Þkv. 23, Skv. 3. 2, Gh. 18: used as adv. [Germ. viel], much, Vþm. 3, passim, Hm. 17, 73, Sdm. 30.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, fjölð may be more accurately written as fjǫlð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᚢᛚᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gh.
- Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)
- Gs.
- Grótta-söngr. (A. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Höfuðl.
- Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
- Sdm.
- Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Vþm.
- Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Þkv.
- Þryms-kviða. (A. I.)