Definiciones
Definiciones
1 birkja
1. t, to bark, strip; b. við, Jb. 235, Stj. 177; cp. Gkv. 2. 12, birkinn viðr (= birki viðr?), Fms. viii. 33; b. hest, to flay a horse.
2 birkja
2. u, f. [Ivar Aasen byrkja], the sap of a young birch, sap, got by boring a hole in the bark and sucking; þeir átu safa ok sugu birkju við, they chewed the sprouts and sucked birch sap with it, Fms. viii. 33.
Inscripción rúnica
Inscripción rúnica
birkja
El texto rúnico anterior representa la palabra nórdica antigua "birkja" como podría aparecer en inscripciones rúnicas de la Era Vikinga (c. 800-1100 d.C.).