Átt-jörð
Old Norse Dictionary - átt-jörðMeaning of Old Norse word "átt-jörð" (or átt-jǫrð) in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- átt-jörð (átt-jǫrð)
- and ættjörð, f. = átthagi, Ísl. ii. 186, A. A. 252: in mod. usage = Lat. patria, and always in the form ætt-.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, átt-jörð may be more accurately written as átt-jǫrð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛏᛏ-ᛁᚢᚱᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- A. A.
- Antiquitates Americanae. (E. II.)