Forráða-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - forráða-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "forráða-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- forráða-maðr
- and forráðs-maðr, m. a manager, warden, Grág. ii. 405, Vm. 108; f. kristninnar, the leaders of the church, 656 C. 17, Hom. 95; f. ok höfðingi, Ver. 18, Hkr. i. 83; f. á skipi, the captain of a ship, Landn. 56.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱᚱᛅᚦᛅ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ver.
- Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)