flugur
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse flugr, from Proto-Germanic *flugiz.
Noun
[edit]flugur m (genitive singular flugar, no plural)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (vexillology) fly (the edge or half of the flag furthest from the flagpole)
- (rare) flight
- Synonym: flug
- draga arnsúg í flugnum ― to soar like an eagle
- (rare) fletching (the feathers on an arrow)
- 1888-92, Ólafur Davíðsson, Íslenzkar skemtanir, page 348:
- Þó er betra að hafa fluginn úr pappír og er eptir því betra sem hann er stinnari.
- However, it is better to have the fletching made of paper, and the firmer it is, the better.
Declension
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]flugur f
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]flugur f
- (nonstandard form since 1917) indefinite plural of flugu
Old Norse
[edit]Noun
[edit]flugur
- inflection of fluga:
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