Mann-fái

Old Norse Dictionary - mann-fái

Meaning of Old Norse word "mann-fái" in English.

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

mann-fái
a, m. [fá = to draw], a ‘man-image,’ human figure; rauðan skjöld ok dreginn á mannfái, Fb. ii. 250; cp. þar var kveiktr fái á, Konr. 17 (vellum); var kvikr fái (a ‘life-image,’ figure drawn from life) á þeim grafinn, id.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Konr.
Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)
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