Fóst-bróðir

Old Norse Dictionary - fóst-bróðir

Meaning of Old Norse word "fóst-bróðir" in English.

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

fóst-bróðir Old Norse word can mean:

fóst-bróðir: m. a foster-brother:

fóst-bróðir: 1. prop. of men brought up together, brothers in arms, and the like; Arinbjörn hersir var f. Eireks konungs, Eg. 401, Fs. 121, 139, Fms. x. 226, Ísl. ii. 219; frændr ok fóstbræðr, Fs. 120, 122; þeir vóru vænligir menn ok görðusk fóstbræðr (brothers in arms) Ingimundar, 13, 15, 16, 19, 24, passim.

fóst-bróðir: 2. a sworn brother, = eiðbróðir, pledged by the rite of blending blood together (vide bróðir), Gísl., Fbr., passim: hence Fóstbræðra-saga, u, f. the name of the history (but the name is mod.); fóstbræðra-lag, n. a foster-brotherhood, Eg. 116. 165, Fms. vii. 25, passim:—sworn brotherhood, sverjask í f., Fms. iii. 213, cp. esp. Gísl., Fbr.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.: masculine.

f.: feminine.

l.: line.

prop.: proper, properly.

cp.: compare.

esp.: especially.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

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