Eið-bróðir
Old Norse Dictionary - eið-bróðir
Meaning of Old Norse word "eið-bróðir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- eið-bróðir
- m. an oath-brother, confederate, Fms. ix. 294, Bær. 16: metaph., arnar e., the oath-brother of the eagle, the raven Fagrsk 4 (in a verse).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛁᚦ-ᛒᚱᚢᚦᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bær.
- Bærings Saga. (G. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)