For-ellri

Old Norse Dictionary - for-ellri

Meaning of Old Norse word "for-ellri" in English.

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

for-ellri Old Norse word can mean:

for-ellri: or foreldri, n., later forellrar, mod. foreldrar, m. pl. (inserting d); masc. foreldrar occurs Nj. 224; forellar (eliding the r), Fms. x. (Ágrip), 410, 413, 418; [Germ. vorältern]:—forefathers, elders, ancestors, in old writers always in this sense; feðr ok forellri. Stj. 240, Fms. i. 34; úlikir sínu forellri, 195; um þat bregðr mér til forellris míns, vii. 64; enir fyrri forellrar várir, Ó. H. 69; frændr ok forellrar, id.; frænda ok forellra, Fms. i. 33; sumir hans forellrar, viii. 101; faðir ok forellar, x. 418:—eccl. predecessors, H. E. i. 512. forellris-menn, m. pl. forefathers, Fms. ix. 334, Fas. i. 351, Stj. 63, 139, Barl. passim.

for-ellri: II. in mod. usage, parents, and only in masc. pl. foreldrar; this sense occurs as early as the n. T. (vide feðgin), but is unknown to older writers.

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

Abbreviations used:

eccl.: ecclesiastical.

Germ.: German.

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

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

masc.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Barl.: Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

N. T.: New Testament.

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