Mann-fái

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Mann-fái

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 mann-fái

a, m. [fá = to draw], a ‘man-image,’ human figure; rauðan skjöld ok dreginn á mannfái, Fb. ii. 250; cp. þar var kveiktr fái á, Konr. 17 (vellum); var kvikr fái (a ‘life-image,’ figure drawn from life) á þeim grafinn, id.

Runic Inscription

ᛘᛅᚾᚾ-ᚠᛅᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
m.: masculine.
p.: page.
vellum: vellum.

Works & Authors

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Konr.: Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)

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