Ætt-land
Old Norse Dictionary - ætt-land
Meaning of Old Norse word "ætt-land"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ætt-land
- n. one’s native land, Fms. i. 82, vi. 21, xi. 437, Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛏᛏ-ᛚᛅᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.