fóstbróðir
nafnorðkarlkynfóst-bróðir
a foster-brother:
1. of men brought up together, brothers in arms, and the like; Arinbjörn hersir var Eireks konungs, 401, 121, 139, x. 226, Ísl. ii. 219; frændr ok fóstbræðr, 120, 122; þeir vóru vænligir menn ok görðusk fóstbræðr (brothers in arms) Ingimundar, 13, 15, 16, 19, 24, passim.2. a sworn brother, = eiðbróðir, pledged by the rite of blending blood together (vide bróðir), , , passim: hence Fóstbræðra-saga, u, the name of the history (but the name is ); fóstbræðra-lag, a foster-brotherhood, 116. 165, vii. 25, passim:—sworn brotherhood, sverjask í , iii. 213, ,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- prop.proper, properly.
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- mod.modern.
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- cp.compare.
- esp.especially.
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.Gísla saga. (D. II.)
- Fbr.Fóstbræðra saga. (D. II.)