Flot
Old Norse Dictionary - flot
Meaning of Old Norse word "flot"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word flot can mean:flot
- flot
- n. [fljóta], the fat, grease, esp. from cooked meat, Fms. i. 36, Sd. 163, Dipl. iii. 4, v. 18: in the phrase, sjaldan hefi eg flotinu neitað, Ísl. Þóðs. i. 437.
- flot
- II. afloat, only in the phrases, á flot, with the sense of motion, ‘setting’ afloat, Fms. vi. 249; á floti, ‘being’ afloat; vera á floti, Hm. 155, Fms. vii. 287, Grág. ii. 357, n. G. l. i. 45.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᚢᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)