Galdra-fluga
Old Norse Dictionary - galdra-fluga
Meaning of Old Norse word "galdra-fluga"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- galdra-fluga
- u, f. a ‘witch-fly,’ a kind of fly, tipula nigra subhirta, Eggert Itin. 604; cp. flugu-maðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛚᛏᚱᛅ-ᚠᛚᚢᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.