Ættar-nafn
Old Norse Dictionary - ættar-nafn
Meaning of Old Norse word "ættar-nafn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ættar-nafn
- n. an hereditary title; nú vil ek beiða ættarnafns af yðr (viz. king’s title), Fms. vi. 54: a family name, but not in the mod. Engl. sense, which was unknown to the ancients.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛏᛏᛅᚱ-ᚾᛅᚠᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- viz.
- namely.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)