Flói
Old Norse Dictionary - flóiMeaning of Old Norse word "flói" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
flói Old Norse word can mean:
- flói
- a, m. [Norse flaa-vand, flaa-bygd; cp. the Kelpie’s flow in Scott’s Bride of Lammermoor; also the ice-floe of Arctic navigators]:—a marshy moor, Ísl. ii. 345, Fms. iv. 359, Jb. ii. 280; fúa-flói, a rotten fen; flóa-barð, n. the edge of a f.; flóa-skítr, m. = flóð-skítr; flóa-sund, n. a strip of moor; and many other compds.
- flói
- β. a district in the south of Icel., hence Flóa-menn, m. pl. the men of f., and Flóa-manna Saga, u, f. the name of a Saga.
- flói
- II. a bay or large firth, Þórð. 7 new Ed.: freq. in local names, Stranda-flói, Grett. 13 new Ed.; Húna-flói, Sturl. iii. 58 sqq.; Faxa-f. (old Faxa-óss). Flóa-fundr, m. the battle in f., Sturl., Ann.—Deep water in a bay is also called flói, opp. to the shallow water near the coast, Bjarneyja-flói.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᚢᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- compds.
- compounds.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- pl.
- plural.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- opp.
- opposed.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Þórð.
- Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)
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