Fylkja
Old Norse Dictionary - fylkja
Meaning of Old Norse word "fylkja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fylkja
- t, to draw up (a milit. term), absol. or with dat., Eg. 284, Fms. i. 19, viii. 407, passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᛚᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- absol.
- absolute, absolutely.
- dat.
- dative.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- milit.
- military.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)