Festar-kona
Old Norse Dictionary - festar-kona
Meaning of Old Norse word "festar-kona"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- festar-kona
- u, f. a betrothed woman, = Germ. braut, viz. from the betrothal to the wedding, Ísl. ii. 217. Fms. ii. 9, Grág. i. 355.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᛋᛏᛅᚱ-ᚴᚢᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- viz.
- namely.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)