Inn-yfli

Old Norse Dictionary - inn-yfli

Meaning of Old Norse word "inn-yfli" in English.

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

inn-yfli: n. pl., spelt innylfi, FmS. ix. 467 (Cod. Fris.), El. (twice); [A. S. inelfe; O. H. G. innuovili and innôdi, in-adiri; cp. Germ. eingeweide; Grimm, Gr. iii. 407; originally a distinction seems to have been made between innylfi, the bowels, and iðr, the nobler parts, viscera, the seat of feeling and sense, see iðr]:—the entrails, bowels, Ld. 216, Stj. 77, MS. 4. 20, 22, Al. 34, SkS. 135, FmS. ix. 467.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Cod.: Codex.

cp.: compare.

Fris.: Frisian.

Germ.: German.

Gr.: Greek.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

pl.: plural.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Al.: Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)

El.: Elis Saga. (G. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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