Gand-fluga
Old Norse Dictionary - gand-flugaMeaning of Old Norse word "gand-fluga" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gand-fluga
- u, f. = galdrafluga, a ‘gand’ fly, gad-fly, a kind of tipula, Eggert Itin. 604.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚾᛏ-ᚠᛚᚢᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Itin.
- Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.