Faderbroder

Old Danish Dictionary - faderbroder

Meaning of Old Danish word "Faderbroder", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Faderbroder can mean:

  • no. farbroder; hen- mis fathirs fathirbrodher (1405). Molb. o. Peters. 209; patruus, faderbroder. Vocab. 1514; Colding, Etymol. 892. (Turson, Vocab. 127, Nucleus la-tinit. 1186 : farbroder); er faderbroder, moderbroder, fadersyster, modersyster alle lige nere att erføve (1572). Ro- senv., Gl. D. II. 159; forlige han- nom oc hans faderbroder. Hvitf. VIII. 18. — hende fader oc hende far-brøre tre. Grundtv., Folkev. MI. 621b = farbredre. sst, III. 623b. ]

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛆᚦᚽᚱᛒᚱᚮᚦᚽᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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