Fóðr
Old Norse Dictionary - fóðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "fóðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fóðr
- n. [Engl. fodder; Germ. futter; Dan. and Swed. foder], fodder for cattle, (but fæði or fæða of human food), Ísl. ii. 138, Gþl. 503, Fbr. 156: a certain quantity of fodder or hay, a stack thus contains so many kýr-fóðr or lambs-fóðr:—a foddering of lambs for the parson in the winter, hence a parish has so and so many lambs-fóðr; skila úr fóðrum, to return lambs in the spring. fóðr-birgðir, f. pl. (-birgr, adj.), stores of hay.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)