FUNI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

FUNI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 FUNI

a, m. [Ulf. renders πυρ by fon; Germ. funke is perhaps of the same root; otherwise this word is lost in all Teut. languages]:—a flame; kyuda funa, Hkv. 2. 37, Gm. 1, 42; funi kveykisk af funa, a saying, Hm. 56: metaph. lust, Fms. ii. 369.

2 FUNI

II. metaph. a hot-tempered man; hann er mesti funi = einsog funi, (mod.)

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚢᚾᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

f.: feminine.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
m.: masculine.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
Teut.: Teutonic.
Ulf.: Ulfilas.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gm.: Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

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