Ætterni
Old Norse Dictionary - ætterni
Meaning of Old Norse word "ætterni"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ætterni
- n. family, descent, extraction; ætterni mitt ok mik sjálfan it sama, Fm. 4; telja æ. til e-s, to reckon one’s pedigree from, FmS. x. 389; ekki var margra manna vitorð á hans æ. (origin), 391: þar var nokkvot æ. hans (family), id.; suðr í Fjörðum, þar er æ. hans allt, Eg. 50, Ó. H. 30. ætternis-stapi, a, m. a mythical name of a rock; for this legend see Gautr. S. ch. 1, 2, cp. Pliny’s Hist. Nat. iv. ch. 12.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛏᛏᛁᚱᚾᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fm.
- Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gautr.
- Gautreks Saga. (C. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)