Vífill
Old Norse Dictionary - vífill
Meaning of Old Norse word "vífill"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vífill can mean:vífill
- vífill
- m. [A. S. wifel; Engl. weevil; Germ. webel], prop. a beetle; cp. tord-yfill qs. tord-vifill, this sense, however, is lost.
- vífill
- 2. a pr. name, Landn.; whence in local names, Vífils-fell, -dalr, etc.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚠᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- qs.
- quasi.
- S.
- Saga.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)