Madfader

Old Danish Dictionary - madfader

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

The Old Danish word Madfader can mean:

  • no. hus-; fader; alunnus, madfader. Colding, Etymol.d4,336 (u. educator); (Nucl. latinit. 31, 301: fosterfader); der- som nogens tieniste folch. bliffuer siug, da schal madfader och madmoder vere forpliet dennom nødtørftig under- holding at forsehaffe (1654). Geh. Ark. Årsh. UI till 137; thieniste drenge føller deris madfader hiem (1624). Weber, Saml. I. 108. Smlgu, Såd- erwall: matfadhir,

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

Abbreviations used:

no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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