Frum-váttr
Old Norse Dictionary - frum-váttr
Meaning of Old Norse word "frum-váttr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- frum-váttr
- m. the first, original witness, Grág. i. 46, Gþl. 477: eccl. the proto-martyr, Hom. 42, 109, Stj. 51.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᚢᛘ-ᚢᛅᛏᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)