Fífl

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fífl

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fífl" in Norwegian.

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

fífl: fífl, n. Tosse, Nar, Fjante, især saadan som lægger sin Daarskab for Dagen ved en besynderlig Adferd. Elucid. 1494;Fm. VI, 21711; Krók. 113; Svarfd. 2717;Gísl. 51. 139; fífl eðr afglapi Flat. I,3896; jvf Gísl. 4629; verða fífl af sínumráðum dvs. blive gjort tilskamme med sine Raad eller Planer, Klm. 35923;fífl er sá, er trúnað leggr á kvenn-mann El. 10312 (jvf D7).

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᚠᛚ
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:

fd.: finlandisk.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

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