Víg-fleki
Old Norse Dictionary - víg-fleki
Meaning of Old Norse word "víg-fleki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- víg-fleki
- and víg-flaki, a, m. a ‘war-board,’ mantlet of boards, used in battle, = Lat. vinea (vígflaki, 655 xxv. 2), Sturl. ii. 54; færa út á borðit vígfleka ok verjask sem bezt, en vega lítt í mót, Fb. i. 542.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚴ-ᚠᛚᛁᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)