Fóst-bróðir
Old Norse Dictionary - fóst-bróðir
Meaning of Old Norse word "fóst-bróðir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word fóst-bróðir can mean:fóst-bróðir
- fóst-bróðir
- m. a foster-brother:
- fóst-bróðir
- 1. prop. of men brought up together, brothers in arms, and the like; Arinbjörn hersir var f. Eireks konungs, Eg. 401, Fs. 121, 139, Fms. x. 226, Ísl. ii. 219; frændr ok fóstbræðr, Fs. 120, 122; þeir vóru vænligir menn ok görðusk fóstbræðr (brothers in arms) Ingimundar, 13, 15, 16, 19, 24, passim.
- fóst-bróðir
- 2. a sworn brother, = eiðbróðir, pledged by the rite of blending blood together (vide bróðir), Gísl., Fbr., passim: hence Fóstbræðra-saga, u, f. the name of the history (but the name is mod.); fóstbræðra-lag, n. a foster-brotherhood, Eg. 116. 165, Fms. vii. 25, passim:—sworn brotherhood, sverjask í f., Fms. iii. 213, cp. esp. Gísl., Fbr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᛋᛏ-ᛒᚱᚢᚦᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- cp.
- compare.
- esp.
- especially.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)