Yfir-meistari

Old Norse Dictionary - yfir-meistari

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

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

yfir-meistari
a, m. an ‘over-master,’ head-master, cp. Germ. altmaster, Stj. 510, 537, Gd. 70.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
Germ.
German.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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