fífill
Appearance
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fífill m (genitive singular fífils, nominative plural fíflar)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- brekkufífill (“Hieracium macrocomum”)
- fagurfífill (“daisy (Bellis perennis)”)
- fellafífill (“alpine hawkweed (Hieracium alpinum)”)
- fjalldalafífill (“water avens (Geum rivale)”)
- glitfífill (“dahlia”)
- glæsifífill (“Hieracium elegantiforme”)
- hjartafífill (“marsh hawksbeard, Crepis paludosa”)
- hóffífill (“coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara”)
- íslandsfífill (“Icelandic hawkweed, Pilosella floribunda”)
- jakobsfífill (“alpine fleabane, Erigeron alpiniformis”)
- krossfífill (“common groundsel] (Senecio vulgaris”)
- skarifífill (“autumn hawkbit, Scorzoneroides autumnalis”)
- skrautfífill (“thule hawkweed, Hieracium thulense”)
- sæfífill (“sea anemone”)
- túnfífill (“common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale”)
See also
[edit]Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from an altered form of fífl (“monster, giant; idiot”), with hypothetical pre-form *fimflaz, referring to the flower's "expended" spherical buds.[1][2]
Noun
[edit]fífill m (genitive fífils, plural fíflar)
Declension
[edit] Declension of fífill (strong a-stem)
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: fífill
References
[edit]- ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “fífill”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary][1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 119
- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “fífill”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Further reading
[edit]- “fífill”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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