Englafylki

Old Norwegian Dictionary - englafylki

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "englafylki" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

englafylki: englafylki, n. en af de Skarer, Flokke, hvoride himmelske Engle vare inddelte efterderes Egenskaber og Virksomhed (se Dio-nysius Areopagita de coelesti hierarchiac. 6 fgg; W. Grimms Vridankes Beschei-denheit Göttingen 1834, S. 32425 fgg),= englasveit; níu eru englafylki þauer guði þjóna, ok er á sínn veg hversþeirra þjónasta Hom. 17716; jvf Homil.8940; Leif. 6410. 656. 15. 20.

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚽᚿᚵᛚᛆᚠᛦᛚᚴᛁ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

c.: Capitel.

f.: Feminin.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

S.: Side.

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