Flótti
Old Norse Dictionary - flótti
Meaning of Old Norse word "flótti"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word flótti can mean:flótti
- flótti
- a, m. [Engl. flight; Germ. flucht, whence Dan. flugt; cp. flýja]:—flight = Lat. fuga (never = volatus): kom flótti í lið Eireks-sona, Fms. i. 38, Al. 142, passim; snúa á flótta, Eg. 290; flótti brestr, Fms. passim, vide bresta.
- flótti
- β. a flying host; reka flótta, to pursue the flying host, Eg. 290, 299, Fms. passim.
- flótti
- COMPDS: flóttagjarn, flóttamenn, flóttarekstr, flóttastigr. Poët. compds: flóttskjarr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᚢᛏᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)