Fljúga

Old Norse Dictionary - fljúga

Meaning of Old Norse word "fljúga" in English.

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

fljúga Old Norse word can mean:

fljúga: pres. flýg, pl. fljúgum; pret. flaug, 2nd pers. flaugt, mod. flaugst, pl. flugum; another old pret. fló, Haustl. 2, 8, Þkv. 5, 9, Gh. 17, Ýt. 14, and prose passim; the form flaug is very rare, in old poets; fló is now quite obsolete, flaug, pl. flugu, being the current form: part. floginn; sup. flogit; pret. subj. 1st pers. flygja, 3rd pers. flygi; with the neg. suf. flýgrat, Hm. 151: [not on record in Goth., as the Apocal. is lost in Ulf.; A. S. fleôgan; Engl. fly; O. H. G. fliôgan; Germ. fliegen; Dutch vliegen; Swed. flyge; Dan. flyve: cp. flug]:—to fly, Lat. volare, of birds; in the allit. phrase, fuglinn fljúgandi; valr flýgr, Grág. ii. 170; fló sá hrafn aptr um stafn, Landn. 29; fló hann þangat til, Niðrst. 4; at fljúga eigi upp fyrr, Edda 60; Johannes flaug upp til himins, Hom. 47.

fljúga: 2. metaph., fljúga á e-n (á-flog, q. v.), to fly at one another, in a fight, Nj. 32: recipr., fljúgask á, to join in a fight, n. G. l. i. 46, Nj. 56.

fljúga: β. of weapons, sparks, rumour, and the like; spjótið fló yfir hann fram, Nj. 58: kesjan flaug í völlinn, Eg. 379; gneistarnir (the sparks) flugu, FmS. viii. 8; at vápn skyli falla at manni eðr f. at honum, Grág. Kb. 108; fljúgandi fleinn, Hm. 85, 151; fleinn floginn, Höfuðl. 12: um konu þá fló út ferlegt úorðan, Hom. 115; sá kvittr fló í bygðinni, FmS. ix. 237: flaug þat sem sinu-eldr, i. 21.

fljúga: γ. of shooting pains (vide flog); þaðan af fló á hann mein þat, BS. i. 446.

fljúga: II. in old poetry and on Runic stones, used = flýja (q. v.), to flee, Lat. fugere; sá er eigi fló at Uppsölum, who fled not at Upsala, Baut. 1169; en þínir fjándr flugu, Hkm. 12; fló ór landi, fled from the land, Ýt. 14.

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

Abbreviations used:

allit.: alliteration, alliterative.

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

cp.: compare.

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

Goth.: Gothic.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

lit.: literally.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

neg.: negative.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

part.: participle.

pers.: person.

pl.: plural.

pres.: present.

pret.: preterite.

S.: Saga.

subj.: subjunctive.

sup.: supine.

Swed.: Swedish.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

v.: vide.

L.: Linnæus.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

pr.: proper, properly.

q. v.: quod vide.

recipr.: reciprocally.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Gh.: Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Haustl.: Haustlöng. (A. I.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Niðrst.: Niðrstigningar Saga. (F. III.)

Þkv.: Þryms-kviða. (A. I.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Höfuðl.: Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)

Kb.: Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Baut.: Bautil. (K. II.)

Hkm.: Hákonar-mál. (A. III.)

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