Af-mœðing

Old Norse Dictionary - af-mœðing

Meaning of Old Norse word "af-mœðing" in English.

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

af-mœðing
f. [móðir], right of weaning lambs, by taking them from the mother; kirkja á lamba a. (perhaps wrongly for afmæðring) í Mölvíkrhöfða, Vm. 164.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚠ-ᛘᚢᚦᛁᚾᚴ
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:

Vm.
Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
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