Yfir-faðir

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Yfir-faðir

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 yfir-faðir

m. an ‘over-father,’ patriarch, Hom. 139, Eluc. 53, Hom. (St.), Fas. iii. 671.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚠᛁᚱ-ᚠᛅᛏᛁᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors

Eluc.
Elucidarium. (F. II.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
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