Fúlga
Old Norse Dictionary - fúlga
Meaning of Old Norse word "fúlga"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word fúlga can mean:fúlga
- fúlga
- u, f. [formed from the part. of fela, q. v.], the fee paid for alimentation, esp. of a minor, or one given into another’s charge, = mod. meðgjöf, Jb. 168, Grág. passim: so in the phrases, inna, meta … fúlgu: of hay, fodder, Fb. i. 521; hence in mod. usage, hey-f., a little hay-rick.
- fúlga
- COMPDS: fúlgufall, fúlgufé, fúlgufénaðr, fúlgukona, fúlgumaðr, fúlgumáli, fúlgunaut.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᛚᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- mod.
- modern.
- part.
- participle.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- naut.
- nautical.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)