For-faðir
Old Norse Dictionary - for-faðir
Meaning of Old Norse word "for-faðir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- for-faðir
- m. a forefather, Stj. 124; chiefly in pl., Edda (pref.), Stj. 128, freq. in mod. use:—eccl. a predecessor, H. E. i. 514, 655 xxxii. 2.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᚠᛅᚦᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- plural.
- pref.
- preface.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)