Föður-leifð

Old Norse Dictionary - föður-leifð

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

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

föður-leifð (fǫður-leifð): (föður-leif, Bær. 5, Fms. x. 386), f. a patrimony, viz. land and estates, Fms. i. 52, v. 117, vii. 176, Ld. 104.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

v.: vide.

viz.: namely.

Works & Authors cited:

Bær.: Bærings Saga. (G. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

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