Yfir-faðir

Old Norse Dictionary - yfir-faðir

Meaning of Old Norse word "yfir-faðir" in English.

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

yfir-faðir
m. an ‘over-father,’ patriarch, Hom. 139, Eluc. 53, Hom. (St.), Fas. iii. 671.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Eluc.
Elucidarium. (F. II.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
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