Fley-skip
Old Norse Dictionary - fley-skip
Meaning of Old Norse word "fley-skip"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fley-skip
- n. a ‘fly-ship,’ Fb. i. 528 (in a verse), n. G. L. iii. 112, where it is opp. to langskip: cp. fley.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᛁᚢ-ᛋᚴᛁᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)