Fipla

Old Norse Dictionary - fipla

Meaning of Old Norse word "fipla" in English.

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

fipla
að, to touch, finger, Grett. 203 A: for the proverb vide feigr; fiplanda í loptið upp, rendering of Lat. ‘inanes auras sectantem,’ Vitae Patrum (Unger).

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

Abbreviations used:

Lat.
Latin.

Works & Authors cited:

Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
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