Föður-systir
Old Norse Dictionary - föður-systir
Meaning of Old Norse word "föður-systir" (or fǫður-systir)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- föður-systir (fǫður-systir)
- [whence Dan. faster], f. a father’s sister, Grág. i. 171, Fms. iv. 24; füðursystur-dóttir, the daughter of a father’s sister, a niece, Hkr. iii. 170.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, föður-systir may be more accurately written as fǫður-systir.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚦᚢᚱ-ᛋᚢᛋᛏᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)