flís

• IPA^(key): [ˈfliːs]

flís m inan

1. fleece (insulating wooly garment)

• IPA^(key): /fliːs/

  Rhymes: -iːs

Inherited from Old Norse flís.

flís f (genitive singular flísar, nominative plural flísar)

1. a splinter, a chip, a sliver

   Synonym: afklofi

Borrowed from Danish flise.

flís f (genitive singular flísar, nominative plural flísar)

1. a tile

   Synonym: plata

• flísalagnir (“tile laying”)
• flísaleggja

Borrowed from English fleece.

flís n (genitive singular flís or flíss, nominative plural flís)

1. fleece (type of fabric)

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “flís”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “flís” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

From Proto-Germanic *flīsō, related to *flaiski (“flesh, meat”).^[1]

flís f (genitive flísar, plural flísir)

1. splinter, chip (of wood)

   Synonym: spánn

• Icelandic: flís
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flis m or f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: flis f

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “flís”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive