Fífla

Old Norse Dictionary - fífla

Meaning of Old Norse word "fífla" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

fífla Old Norse word can mean:

fífla: 1. u, f. a girl, Grett.

fífla: 2. d, [fivle, Ivar Aasen], with acc. to fool one, Skálda 168.

fífla: 2. to beguile a woman, Glúm. 377, Fs. 60, Nj. 107: reflex., fíflask at konu, id., Rd. 318, Bs. i. 663: of a woman, to fall into illicit love, Stj. 321, Bs. i. 653.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᚠᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

acc.: accusative.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

m.: masculine.

reflex.: retlexive.

Works & Authors cited:

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

Skálda: Skálda. (H. I.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Glúm.: Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Rd.: Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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