For-móðir

Old Norse Dictionary - for-móðir

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

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

for-móðir
f. a ‘fore-mother,’ ancestress, Stj. 141.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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