Floti
Old Norse Dictionary - floti
Meaning of Old Norse word "floti"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word floti can mean:floti
- floti
- a, m. [Germ. floss; Dan. flaade], a float, raft, Lat. ratis, Skálda 163, Gþl. 411, Fms. v.ii. 32.
- floti
- 2. a fleet, Lat. classis, Hkv. 1. 27, 35, 2. 18, Fms. i. 169, viii. 222, passim.
- floti
- II. = flet, a movable seat, bench, Fms. v. 332, v. l., perhaps a misspelling.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᚢᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)