Frænd-semi
Old Norse Dictionary - frænd-semiMeaning of Old Norse word "frænd-semi" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
frænd-semi Old Norse word can mean:
- frænd-semi
- (-symi, Stj. passim, Nj. 42, 213), f. kinship, brotherhood, Fms. xi. 7, Ld. 158, Grág. ii. 72, N. G. l. i. 187, the laws and Sagas passim; ganga við f. e-s, to acknowledge one as kinsman (e. g. as a son), Fms. ix. 418:—metaph. the kindness of a kinsman, var góð f. með þeim, there was good fellowship between them, Sturl. iii. 176, Fs. 45.
- frænd-semi
- COMPDS: frændsemislögmál, frændsemisspell, frændsemistala.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛅᚾᛏ-ᛋᛁᛘᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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