Flugu-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - flugu-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "flugu-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- flugu-maðr
- m. ‘a man of flies,’ a wizard, occurs in this sense in the old Swed. law (Verel.): hence metaph. a hired bandit, an assassin, Landn. 181, n. G. l. ii. 51, Fms. v. 45, 190, vi. 188, Glúm. 361, Rd. 307, Lv. 57.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᚢᚴᚢ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Verel.
- Verelius, Index.