Föður-bani
Old Norse Dictionary - föður-bani
Meaning of Old Norse word "föður-bani" (or fǫður-bani)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- föður-bani (fǫður-bani)
- a, m. slayer of another man’s father, Nj. 120, Landn. 286, Fms. vi. 367, vii. 220, Fb. i. 555.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, föður-bani may be more accurately written as fǫður-bani.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚦᚢᚱ-ᛒᛅᚾᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)