firfisle

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

firfisle f or m (definite singular firfisla or firfislen, indefinite plural firfisler, definite plural firfislene)

1. a lizard (reptile)

References

• “firfisle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• firfisla, firføsla, firføsle, firføtla, firføtle (dialectal and former spellings)

Etymology

Literally, “something with four legs”. Compare dialectal Swedish fyrfot (“lizard”), and also Danish firben. Attested as fiirfisler (probably in plural) by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his dictionary of Spydeberg dialect.

Noun

firfisle f (definite singular firfisla, indefinite plural firfisler, definite plural firfislene)

1. a lizard (reptile)

References

• “firfisle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.