Flokkr
Old Norse Dictionary - flokkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "flokkr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word flokkr can mean:flokkr
- flokkr
- m. akin to fólk, [A. S. floc; Engl. flock; Dan. flok; Swed. flock]
- flokkr
- I. a body of men; in law five men make a flokkr; flokkr eru fimm menn, Edda 108; þat heitir f. er fimm menn eru saman, n. G. l. i. 61:—a company, host, party, þeir gengu allir í einum flokki, Nj. 100; engla flokkar, a host of angels, Greg. 34; marga flokka, Th. 3; hlaupa í gegn ór öðrum flokki, Grág. ii. 10: adverb., flokkum, in crowds, 656. 18; flokkum þeir fóru, Sl. 63:—a troop, band, hefja flokk, to raise a band, to rebel, FmS. viii. 273, ix. 4; ofríki flokkanna, vii. 293; fara með flokk, to roam about, 318:—a tribe, company, in a good sense, Stj. 321, 322, passim, and so in mod. usage.
- flokkr
- COMPDS: flokkaatvígi, flokkaferð, flokksforingi, flokkshöfðingi, flokksmaðr, flokksvíg.
- flokkr
- II. a short poem, Ísl. ii. 237, FmS. v. 227, vi. 391, xi. 203, 204: as the name of poems, Brands-flokkr, Sturl. iii. 90; Tryggva-f., FmS. iii. 54, 116; Kálfs-f., 123; Valþjófs-f., vi. 426; cp. esp. Gunnl. S. and Knytl. S. l. c., vide drápa.
- flokkr
- 2. in mod. usage an epic poem consisting of several cantos is called flokkr or rímna-flokkr; thus Úlfars-rímur, Núma-rímur, Þrymlur, etc. are each of them a flokkr, but the Skíða-ríma or Ólafs-ríma, being single rhapsodies, are not so called.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᚢᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- adverb.
- adverbially.
- f.
- feminine.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- mod.
- modern.
- cp.
- compare.
- esp.
- especially.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- etc.
- et cetera.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sl.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)
- Knytl.
- Knytlinga Saga. (E. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)