Fluga

Old Norse Dictionary - fluga

Meaning of Old Norse word "fluga" in English.

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

fluga Old Norse word can mean:

fluga: u. f., gen. pl. flugna, a fly, gnat, moth, Stj. 23, 91, Pr. 474, Edda 70, Ver. 20; gesta-fluga, a moth; mý-f., a gnat; bý-f., a bee; randa-f., a wasp; hunangs-f., a honey-fly, a kind of Icel. bee; mel-f., a clothes-moth; þev-f., a kind of tipula: myki-f., a dung-fly: maðka-f., a maggot-fly, all three musca, etc., vide Eggert Itin. ch. 688: the phrase, eins og fluga, swift as a fly. Wizards were said to bewitch flies and send them to kill their enemies (vide galdra-fluga, gand-fluga), hence the phrase, gína við flugu, or taka flugu, to swallow the fly or to carry the fly, i. e. to be the tool of another man, esp. in a wicked and fatal business, Eb. 164; ef Hallgerðr kemr annarri flugu í munn þér, if H. puts another fly in thy mouth, i. e. makes thee to carry another lie, Nj. 64; þeir gina við þessi flugu, Al. 9; era mínligt flugu at gína, ‘tis not ‘mine-like’ to open the mouth for flies, i. e. lies and slander, Kristni S. (in a verse of the year 998); hann fær komit þeirri flugu í munn eins skiptings, FmS. xi. 445.

fluga: COMPDS: flugumaðr, flugumannligr.

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

Abbreviations used:

ch.: chapter.

esp.: especially.

etc.: et cetera.

f.: feminine.

gen.: genitive.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Al.: Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Itin.: Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.

Kristni S.: Kristni Saga. (D. I. III.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Ver.: Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)

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