fífill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fífill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːvɪtl/
• Rhymes: -iːvɪtl

Noun

fífill m (genitive singular fífils, nominative plural fíflar)

1. dandelion (genus Taraxacum)

Derived terms

• 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

• biðukolla

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

fífill m (genitive fífils, plural fíflar)

1. dandelion

Declension

  Declension of fífill (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fífill	fífillinn	fíflar	fíflarnir
accusative	fífil	fífilinn	fífla	fíflana
dative	fífli	fíflinum	fíflum	fíflunum
genitive	fífils	fífilsins	fífla	fíflanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: fífill

References

• “fífill”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press