Móður-ætt

Old Norse Dictionary - móður-ætt

Meaning of Old Norse word "móður-ætt" in English.

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

móður-ætt
f. kinsfolk on the father’s side, Grág. i. 171, 177, Eg. 72, Fms. i. 196; falla í m., to fall to mother-earth, to die, Nj. 70.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.

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