Nöðru-ætt

Meaning of Old Norse word "nöðru-ætt" (or nǫðru-ætt)

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

nöðru-ætt (nǫðru-ætt)

f. = nöðrukyn, 625. 90.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, nöðru-ætt may be more accurately written as nǫðru-ætt.

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