Föður-dráp
Old Norse Dictionary - föður-dráp
Meaning of Old Norse word "föður-dráp" (or fǫður-dráp)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- föður-dráp (fǫður-dráp)
- n. a father’s slaughter, Ísl. l. c., v. l.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, föður-dráp may be more accurately written as fǫður-dráp.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚦᚢᚱ-ᛏᚱᛅᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.