Mæðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "mæðr"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word mæðr can mean:mæðr

mæðr

1. or mæddr, in compds, sam-mæðr, from one mother; sundr-mæðr, not having the same mother.

mæðr

2. or meyðr, f. = mey, a maid, a foreign form, which occurs in Gd. 3.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements