Föður-faðir

Old Norse Dictionary - föður-faðir

Meaning of Old Norse word "föður-faðir" (or fǫður-faðir) in English.

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

föður-faðir (fǫður-faðir)
m. a father’s father, Grág. i. 171, ii. 185, Jb. 14, Fms. i. 67, vii. 16.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Jb.
Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.

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