Fugl

Old Norse Dictionary - fugl

Meaning of Old Norse word "fugl" in English.

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

fugl Old Norse word can mean:

fugl: m., an older form fogl is usual in early MSS.: fugls, Hm. 13; both forms foglar and fuglar in Mork. 7, but in old poets fogl is required by the rhyme,—smoglir ástar foglar, Sighvat: [Ulf. fugls = πετεινόν; A. S. fugol; Engl. fowl; Germ. vogel; Swed. fogel; Dan. fugl]:—a fowl, bird; hart sem fugl flygi, Nj. 144, passim; cp. the saying, skjóta verðr til fugls áðr fái, Orkn. 346, Mirm. 31: a nautical term, hafa fugl af landi, to ‘have fowl off land’ to stand in within range of water-fowl, i. e. be from fifty to seventy miles off land; þeir höfðn fogl af Írlandi, BS. i. 656: collect. fowl, síðan samnaðisk fogl í evna, 350; geir-fugl, the awk, alca impennis; æðar-f., the eider-duck: hræ-f., a bird of prey: fit-f., q. v.; smá-fuglar, small fowl, little birds, Mork. 7: söng-f., singing birds; snæ-f., snow-fowl; bjarg-f., cliff-fowl, sea gulls, etc.

fugl: COMPDS: fugladráp, fuglakippa, fuglakliðr, fuglakvak, fuglanet, fuglasöngr, fuglatekja, fuglaveiðr, fuglsrödd, fuglamál.

fugl: II. a pr. name, Orkn.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

collect.: collective.

cp.: compare.

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

etc.: et cetera.

f.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

q. v.: quod vide.

S.: Saga.

Swed.: Swedish.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

v.: vide.

pr.: proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Mirm.: Mirmants Saga. (G. II.)

Mork.: Morkinskinna. (E. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

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