Mann-fái
Old Norse Dictionary - mann-fái
Meaning of Old Norse word "mann-fái"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- 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.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚾᚾ-ᚠᛅᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Konr.
- Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)