Funi

Old Norse Dictionary - funi

Meaning of Old Norse word "funi" in English.

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

funi Old Norse word can mean:

funi: a, m. [Ulf. renders πυρ by fon; Germ. funke is perhaps of the same root; otherwise this word is lost in all Teut. languages]:—a flame; kyuda funa, Hkv. 2. 37, Gm. 1, 42; funi kveykisk af funa, a saying, Hm. 56: metaph. lust, Fms. ii. 369.

funi: II. metaph. a hot-tempered man; hann er mesti funi = einsog funi, (mod.)

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

Teut.: Teutonic.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

v.: vide.

mod.: modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gm.: Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)

Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

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