Mág-kona

Old Norse Dictionary - mág-kona

Meaning of Old Norse word "mág-kona"

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

mág-kona
n, f. a sister-, mother-, daughter-in-law, Fms. x. 94, Stj. 197: of a mother-in-law, Grág. i. 305.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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