Fluga

Old Icelandic Dictionary - fluga

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "fluga" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

fluga Old Icelandic word can mean:

fluga
(gen. pl. flugna), f.
fluga
1) fly;
fluga
2) lure, bait; koma flugu í munn e-m, to allure, entrap one; gína (taka) við flugu, to swallow the fly, to be allured, entrapped.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᚢᚴᛅ

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
gen.
genitive.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
e-m
einhverjum.

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