Fylgsni
Old Norse Dictionary - fylgsni
Meaning of Old Norse word "fylgsni"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fylgsni
- n. pl., often spelt fylksni, fylskni, or fylsni, Gísl. 60, 67; [Goth. fulhsni = κρυπτόν; from fólginn or fulginn the part. of fela]:—a hiding-place, lurking-place, cavern, Grág. i. 436, Nj. 133, 267, Fms. i. 210, iv. 170, Blas. 42, Niðrst. 6; ór fylgsnum ok ór hellum, id.; helvítis-fylgsni, Sks. 605 B; var hann í fylgsnum allt haustið, Hkr. iii. 323; liggja í fylgsnum, Fms. vii. 275; leiðir allar ok f. á skóginum, i. 71, Stor. 1. fylgsnis-lauss, adj. without a hiding-place, Ísl. ii. 411.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᛚᚴᛋᚾᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- f.
- feminine.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- part.
- participle.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Blas.
- Blasius Saga. (F. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Niðrst.
- Niðrstigningar Saga. (F. III.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stor.
- Sona-torrek. (A. III.)