Flóa
Old Norse Dictionary - flóa
Meaning of Old Norse word "flóa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word flóa can mean:flóa
- flóa
- að, to boil milk or fluids; hence, flóuð mjólk, boiled milk; óflóuð mjólk, unboiled milk; sólin heitir ok flóar alla veröld, Mar. 56; hón flóar ok heitir kólnuð hjörtu. 60.
- flóa
- II. to flood; Lögrinn gengr svá upp á löndin at víða flóar, Ó. H. 17; af hans sárum flóaði svá mikit blóð, Mar. (Fr.): in mod. usage always declined with ð, flóir and flóði, if in this sense.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᚢᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)