"fimbul-" meaning in Old Norse

See fimbul- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *fimfilaz, doublet of fífl-. Cognate with Old English fifel (“mighty, giant, great”). Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*fimbulaz|*fimfilaz}} Proto-Germanic *fimfilaz, {{cog|ang|fifel||mighty, giant, great}} Old English fifel (“mighty, giant, great”) Head templates: {{head|non|prefix}} fimbul-
  1. (rare, Germanic paganism) mighty, great (with a sense of finality) Tags: Germanic, morpheme, rare Categories (topical): Germanic paganism Related terms: ginn-, jǫrmun-
    Sense id: en-fimbul--non-prefix-r2C6-ohK Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*fimbulaz",
        "4": "*fimfilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fimfilaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "fifel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "mighty, giant, great"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English fifel (“mighty, giant, great”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *fimfilaz, doublet of fífl-. Cognate with Old English fifel (“mighty, giant, great”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "fimbul-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "non",
          "name": "Germanic paganism",
          "orig": "non:Germanic paganism",
          "parents": [
            "Germanic mythology",
            "Paganism",
            "Mythology",
            "Occult",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Forteana",
            "Supernatural",
            "Society",
            "Pseudoscience",
            "Folklore",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mighty, great (with a sense of finality)"
      ],
      "id": "en-fimbul--non-prefix-r2C6-ohK",
      "links": [
        [
          "Germanic",
          "Germanic#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "paganism",
          "paganism"
        ],
        [
          "mighty",
          "mighty"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, Germanic paganism) mighty, great (with a sense of finality)"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "ginn-"
        },
        {
          "word": "jǫrmun-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Germanic",
        "morpheme",
        "rare"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "paganism",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fimbul-"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*fimbulaz",
        "4": "*fimfilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fimfilaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "fifel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "mighty, giant, great"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English fifel (“mighty, giant, great”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *fimfilaz, doublet of fífl-. Cognate with Old English fifel (“mighty, giant, great”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "fimbul-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ginn-"
    },
    {
      "word": "jǫrmun-"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse prefixes",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms with rare senses",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "non:Germanic paganism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mighty, great (with a sense of finality)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Germanic",
          "Germanic#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "paganism",
          "paganism"
        ],
        [
          "mighty",
          "mighty"
        ],
        [
          "great",
          "great"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, Germanic paganism) mighty, great (with a sense of finality)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Germanic",
        "morpheme",
        "rare"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "paganism",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fimbul-"
}

Download raw JSONL data for fimbul- meaning in Old Norse (1.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Norse dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (9e2b7d3 and f2e72e5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.