Ætt
Old Icelandic Dictionary - ættMeaning of Old Icelandic word "ætt" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
ætt Old Icelandic word can mean:
- ætt
- (pl. -ir), f.
- ætt
- 1) quarter of the heaven, direction, = átt (flugu þau í brott bæði samt í sömu ~);
- ætt
- 2) one’s family, extraction, pedigree (hann var sœnskr at ~); þaðan eru komnar þræla ættir, the race of thralls; telja ~ til e-s, to trace one’s pedigree to; e-t gengr í ~, it is hereditary;
- ætt
- 3) generation (í ina þriðju eða fjórðu ~).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛏᛏ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- pl.
- plural.
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- e-s
- einhvers.
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