Móður-ætt

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Móður-ætt

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 móður-ætt

f. kinsfolk on the father’s side, Grág. i. 171, 177, Eg. 72, Fms. i. 196; falla í m., to fall to mother-earth, to die, Nj. 70.

Runic Inscription

ᛘᚢᛏᚢᚱ-ᛅᛏᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

f.
feminine.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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