For-yflask
Old Norse Dictionary - for-yflaskMeaning of Old Norse word "for-yflask" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- for-yflask
- d, dep. (foriflask, Al. 110 and 655 xxix; for-œfask, Hom. 151), in the phrase, f. e-s, only used with neg., to shrink from nothing; Lucinia foryfldisk eigi íllra ráða, Bær. 14; Halli foryfldisk eigi at mæla þat er honum sýndisk, Fms. vi. 360 (foryfildiz, Mork. 93); at þeir muni foriflaz at etja við afla-muninn, Al. l. c.; þú foræfisk (foryflisk?) eigi eiða, thou shrinkest not from perjury, Hom. l. c.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᚢᚠᛚᛅᛋᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dep.
- deponent.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- neg.
- negative.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Bær.
- Bærings Saga. (G. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Mork.
- Morkinskinna. (E. I.)