Flaug
Old Norse Dictionary - flaug
Meaning of Old Norse word "flaug"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word flaug can mean:flaug
- flaug
- f. [fljúga], flying, flight, Sks. 114 B; fugla f., 655 B. 3; fugl á flaug (mod. fugl á flugi), Sks. 81; þessi f., Hem. 40; hefja flaug, Hom. 142: metaph., Am. 23, Sks. 423 B: the phrase, vera á för ok flaugum, to be unsteady and fluttering, Nj. 196.
- flaug
- II. [Dan. flöj], a vane, Bs. i. 422, ii. 50, Edda (Gl.); hence flaugar-skegg, n. the edge or tail of the vane.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᛅᚢᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Hem.
- Hemings-þáttr. (C. H.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)