Ætt-göfgi

Meaning of Old Norse word "ætt-göfgi" (or ætt-gǫfgi)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

ætt-göfgi (ætt-gǫfgi)

f. nobleness of birth.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ætt-göfgi may be more accurately written as ætt-gǫfgi.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛏᛏ-ᚴᚢᚠᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements