Mat-móðir

Old Norse Dictionary - mat-móðir

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

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

mat-móðir
f. ‘meat-mother,’ used of a mistress with respect to her servants and household, cp. Engl. bread-giver.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.

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