Festar-mær
Old Norse Dictionary - festar-mær
Meaning of Old Norse word "festar-mær"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- festar-mær
- (mod. festar-mey), f. a betrothed maid, = festarkona, Fms. iv. 164, v. 33, Þórð. 67, Fas. i. 412.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛁᛋᛏᛅᚱ-ᛘᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- mod.
- modern.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Þórð.
- Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)