Fljót
Old Norse Dictionary - fljót
Meaning of Old Norse word "fljót"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word fljót can mean:fljót
- fljót
- n. [A. S. fleôt = ostium; cp. the Fleet River in London, whence Fleet Street, Northfleet and Southfleet in Kent; Germ. fliess, usually fluss, whence Dan. flod]:—in old writers scarcely used except as a pr. name of a river, viz. Markar-fljót (and simply Fljót) in the south of Icel., whence Fljóts-hlíð, f. the county, Landn. and Nj. passim; and the county Fljót (pl.) in the north of Icel., whence Fljóta-menn, m. pl. the men from Fljót, Sturl. i. 138: in mod. usage it may be used as an appell. a river, as in Dan. and Germ., but scarcely except in poetry, e. g. Núm. 7. 1.
- fljót
- 2. á fljóti, afloat, FmS. iv. 65; better á floti, vide flot.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᛁᚢᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
- viz.
- namely.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)