Fœla

Old Norwegian Dictionary - fœla

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "fœla" in Norwegian.

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

fœla
fœla, v. (ld & lt) 1) bedaare, forføre, vild-lede. Str. 3122. 4311. 2) drive Spotmed, forhaane, spotte. El. 3614; þálese fyrr, en fœli, librum Macchabæ-orum Alex. 221; hefir mik háðuligagabbat ok fœldan Klm. 9823; fœlaguðin Heilag. I, 29312; jvf Post. 14635.1471; heiðnir menn elskuðu Clemensaf því, at hann fœldi eigi sið þeirraPost. 14234; hestar minir vóru ok háð-uliga spilltir. er R. fœlti höggandiþeirra rófur Thom. 24719; ef þeir kominú hér, þá mundi þeir skjótt hafa fœltþik ok svívirt (&vl myndo þeir drepaþik skjótt ok svívirða) El. 177.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᛚᛆ
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.
v.
Verbum.

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