Flóki
Old Norse Dictionary - flóki
Meaning of Old Norse word "flóki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word flóki can mean:flóki
- flóki
- a, m.
- flóki
- I. ‘flock,’ felt, hair, wool, etc.; ullar-flóki, Edda 237, FaS. ii. 207 (freq.): of a goat’s beard, Eb. 92.
- flóki
- COMPDS: flókahattr, flókaólpa, flókastakkr, flókatrippi.
- flóki
- 2. metaph. of dense black clouds, Vígl. 22; ský-flóki, Eb. 260.
- flóki
- II. [A. S. flôc], a kind of halibut, passer, solea, Edda (gl.)
- flóki
- III. a pr. name, Landn.; hence in names of places, Flóka-dalr, etc., Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᚢᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- S.
- Saga.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Vígl.
- Víglundar Saga. (D. V.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)