Modermoder

Old Danish Dictionary - modermoder

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

The Old Danish word Modermoder can mean:

  • no. mormoder; det hreff, som oldermenn wdi Bergen myn moder- moder giffuit haffte (1511). Dipl.- se N or veg, II. 764 (= Hvitf. VI. 279); eptther hindes fader och moder och thesligeste eptther henndes moder- moder (1558). Rosenv., GI. D. IL. 220; hand icke haffuer viffait samme gaffue huerckenn siit barnn eller hus- true, men samme barns. modermoder1567). sst. III. 46; avia, modrmoder. Colding, Etymol. 105, Chr. V. D. L. 5-2-40. "— Nucl latiwit. 61: miormoder; Smløn. Suderwall: mojor mopir,

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

Abbreviations used:

n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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