Ætterni

Old Icelandic Dictionary - ætterni

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "ætterni" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

ætterni Old Icelandic word can mean:

ætterni
n.
ætterni
1) descent, extraction, origin (ekki var margra manna vitorð á hans ~); suðreyskr at ~, by birth; telja ~ til e-s, to reckon one’s pedigree up to a person;
ætterni
2) family, kindred, kinsmen (þar er ~ hans allt).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛏᛏᛁᚱᚾᛁ

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.
e-s
einhvers.

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