Ætterni

Old Norse Dictionary - ætterni

Meaning of Old Norse word "ætterni" in English.

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

ætterni: n. family, descent, extraction; ætterni mitt ok mik sjálfan it sama, Fm. 4; telja æ. til e-s, to reckon one’s pedigree from, FmS. x. 389; ekki var margra manna vitorð á hans æ. (origin), 391: þar var nokkvot æ. hans (family), id.; suðr í Fjörðum, þar er æ. hans allt, Eg. 50, Ó. H. 30. ætternis-stapi, a, m. a mythical name of a rock; for this legend see Gautr. S. ch. 1, 2, cp. Pliny’s Hist. Nat. iv. ch. 12.

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

Abbreviations used:

ch.: chapter.

cp.: compare.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fm.: Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gautr.: Gautreks Saga. (C. II.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

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