For-móðir
Old Norse Dictionary - for-móðir
Meaning of Old Norse word "for-móðir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- for-móðir
- f. a ‘fore-mother,’ ancestress, Stj. 141.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᛘᚢᚦᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)