Mæðr

Old Norse Dictionary - mæðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "mæðr" in English.

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

mæðr Old Norse word can mean:

mæðr
1. or mæddr, in compds, sam-mæðr, from one mother; sundr-mæðr, not having the same mother.
mæðr
2. or meyðr, f. = mey, a maid, a foreign form, which occurs in Gd. 3.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

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