Fylki
Old Norse Dictionary - fylki
Meaning of Old Norse word "fylki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word fylki can mean:fylki
- fylki
- n. [from folk]
- fylki
- I. a county or shire; in Norway the land was divided into fylki, each of them ruled by a fylkir; átta fylkja þing, Fms. v. 4, Hkr. i. 62, passim; esp. with regard to the levy, as from each fylki twelve ships of war were to be levied; þat er fylki kallat er göra má at tólf skip, Fms. x. 306; þat kalla Norðmenn fylki sem eru tólf skip skipað með vápnum ok mönnum, ok á einu skipi nær sextigi manna eðr sjautigi, Ó. T. 35.
- fylki
- COMPDS: fylkiskirkja, fylkiskonungr, fylkismaðr, fylkisprestr, fylkisþing.
- fylki
- II. poët. a host in battle, Edda 108.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᛚᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- esp.
- especially.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Ó. T.
- Ólafs Saga Tryggvasonar. (E. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)