Galdra-fluga

Old Norse Dictionary - galdra-fluga

Meaning of Old Norse word "galdra-fluga" in English.

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

galdra-fluga: u, f. a ‘witch-fly,’ a kind of fly, tipula nigra subhirta, Eggert Itin. 604; cp. flugu-maðr.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

f.: feminine.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

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

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