Fylking
Old Norse Dictionary - fylking
Meaning of Old Norse word "fylking"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word fylking can mean:fylking
- fylking
- f. battle array, the ranks, Hkr. ii. 371, Eg. 268, 286, Nj. 274, Fms. i. 45, vi. passim; the Lat. legio is rendered by fylking, Róm. 260, 298.
- fylking
- COMPDS: fylkingararmr, fylkingarbroddr, fylkingaskipan.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᛚᚴᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)