Friðla
Old Norse Dictionary - friðla
Meaning of Old Norse word "friðla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word friðla can mean:friðla
- friðla
- u, f., usually contr. frilla, [Dan. frille], prop. = Lat. amica, a fem. answering to friðill, q. v.; en fríða frilla, the fair mistress, Hým. 30; but in prose in a bad sense a harlot, concubine, Fms. i. 2, viii. 63, Sturl. ii. 73, Sks. 693.
- friðla
- COMPDS: frillubarn, frilluborinn, frilludóttir, frillulifnaðr, frillulífi, frillumaðr, frillusonr, frillutak.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛁᚦᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- contr.
- contracted.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- fem.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hým.
- Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)