Fljót

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fljót

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fljót" in Norwegian.

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

fljót: fljót, n. 1) Samling af noget flydende, Vand-samling; fljót eða stöðuvatn Heilag.II, 48716 jvf 4882. 4; í þí fljóti, semmenn kalla Dyssiden, segist, at enginnhlutr fljóti Stj. 763; í mörgum stöðumrýðr þat (nl. dauða haf) ok eyss uppstórum fljótum eða tjörutjörnum,hvaðan af er þat kallast tjörn eðrfljót alphati (dvs. asphalti) Stj. 12332. 2) = flot; vera á fljóti Fm. IV, 6529. 3) Elv (mnt. vlêt, vlete, vlite Mnd. Wb.V, 271 b47 fgg; ags. fleót Kemble Codex diplomaticus Anglosax. III, XXV).Vem. 2450; jvf Kaalund II, 149 fgg

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛚᛁᚮᛏ
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:

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

nl.: nemlig.

s.: substantiv.

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