Föður-land
Old Norse Dictionary - föður-land
Meaning of Old Norse word "föður-land" (or fǫður-land)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- föður-land (fǫður-land)
- n. [Germ. vaterland, Dan. fædreland], fatherland, Bær. 17, a rare word, sounding even now affected and mod.; Icel. prefer saying ætt-jörð, fóstr-jörð, or the like.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, föður-land may be more accurately written as fǫður-land.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚦᚢᚱ-ᛚᛅᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Germ.
- German.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bær.
- Bærings Saga. (G. II.)