Faðerni
Old Norse Dictionary - faðerni
Meaning of Old Norse word "faðerni"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word faðerni can mean:faðerni
- faðerni
- n. fatherhood, paternity, FmS. vii. 164; at f. eðr móðerni, on father’s or mother’s side, Eg. 267, FmS. ix. 251; verða sekr um f., to be convicted of fatherhood, Grág. i. 86; ganga við f., to acknowledge one’s fatherhood, FmS. i. 257, ii. 19, iii. 130; faðerni opp. to móðerni, vi. 223.
- faðerni
- β. patrimony, Skv. 3. 67.
- faðerni
- γ. a parent, the father; ekki var breytt um f. Kolla, Bjarn. 45 MS. (Ed. wrongly föðurinn); hann var ljóss ok fagr eptir f. sínu, as his father, Edda 7.
- faðerni
- δ. eccl. = Lat. paternitas, BS. ii. 14, 80, 151, Th. 12, Mar., etc.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᚦᛁᚱᚾᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
- v.
- vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)