Fiäril

Old Swedish Dictionary - fiäril

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fiäril" (or fiæril) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

fiäril (fiæril)
fjäril. ffiärelle och andre marka dräpis PMSkr 303. " then tidh the yrten kattosth star j blomsther wm aarith thaa ärw the markene fiärelle mykit flygande" ib 304. Jfr flädhalle samt flädhal Sdw 1: 254.

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so fiäril may have also been written as fiæril

Part of speech: nn

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛁᛅᚱᛁᛚ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.

Works and authors cited:

PM
Peder Månssons Stridskonst och Stridslag. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1845.
PMSkr
Peder Månssons Skrifter på svenska. Utg. af R. Geete. 1913--15. SFSS.
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