Móður-ætt
Old Norse Dictionary - móður-ætt
Meaning of Old Norse word "móður-ætt"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- móður-ætt
- f. kinsfolk on the father’s side, Grág. i. 171, 177, Eg. 72, Fms. i. 196; falla í m., to fall to mother-earth, to die, Nj. 70.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᚦᚢᚱ-ᛅᛏᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)