Fallinn
Old Icelandic Dictionary - fallinnMeaning of Old Icelandic word "fallinn" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
fallinn Old Icelandic word can mean:
- fallinn
- pp.
- fallinn
- 1) svá f., such-like, so made or constituted (hví man hinn sami maðr svá f.); svá f. órskurðr, a decision as follows;
- fallinn
- 2) vel, illa f., well, ill-disposed (hann var vænn maðr ok vel f.); fitted, worthy (bezt til konungs f.); at hann væri betr til f. at deyja fyrir þá sök en faðir hans, that he more deserved to die than his father did;
- fallinn
- 3) neut., fallit, fit; ok hætti þá er honum þótti f., stopped when he thought fit; kallaði vel til f., said it was quite right;
- fallinn
- 4) suited to one (e-m); eigi þykki mér þér sú ferð vel fallin, I think this journey will not do for thee.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᛚᛚᛁᚾᚾ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- neut.
- neuter.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
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