Flæma
Old Norse Dictionary - flæma
Meaning of Old Norse word "flæma"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- flæma
- d, to drive away ignominiously, Mart. 119, Fms. v. 304, x. 262, Fær. 133: = slæma, q. v., Nj. 262, a bad reading: reflex. to roam about, rove, (mod.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᛅᛘᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- mod.
- modern.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Mart.
- Martinus Saga. (F. III.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)