Fleinn
Old Norse Dictionary - fleinnMeaning of Old Norse word "fleinn" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
fleinn Old Norse word can mean:
- fleinn
- m. [A. S. flán], a bayonet-like pike, FmS. iii. 224, SkS. 394, cp. Grett. 141.
- fleinn
- β. the fluke of an anchor, Nj. 42, Orkn. 362; vide akkeris-fleinn.
- fleinn
- 2. a kind of shaft, a dart, = A. S. flán, Höfuðl. 10, 13, Rm. 32, FmS. i. 45, cp. Hkr. i. 159, Hm. 85, 151; hence poët. flein-drífa, u, f. a drift or shower of shafts; flein-stökkvandi and flein-varpaðr, m. epithets of archers.
- fleinn
- 3. a pr. name, Landn.; hence Fleins-háttr, m. a metre attributed to an old poet of that name, Edda (Ht.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᛁᛁᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
- n.
- neuter.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- poët.
- poetically.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Höfuðl.
- Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Ht.
- Hátta-tal. (C. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
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