Niflungar
Old Norse Dictionary - niflungar
Meaning of Old Norse word "niflungar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- niflungar
- n. pl. the Niebelungen, of the Germ. tales; the older form hniflungar (q. v.) shews that the word cannot be derived from nifl; the derivation in Edda 104, 105 (from king Nefir) is fanciful, and a later invention; hodd Niflunga (hniflunga?) = Nibelungen hort, Akv.; Niflunga skattr, id.; Niflunga arfr, id., Bm.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᚠᛚᚢᚾᚴᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Germ.
- German.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Akv.
- Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
- Bm.
- Bjarka-mál. (A. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)