óska-byrr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

óska-byrr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 óska-byrr

m. a wind to one’s mind, a fair wind to one’s heart’s content, Hkv. 2. 30; the word may have a mythical bearing, as in the tale of Odd the Archer, who had but to hoist the sail to have a fair wind whithersoever he wished—a popular legend analogous to Homer’s Od. x.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛋᚴᛅ-ᛒᚢᚱᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
m.
masculine.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Hkv.
Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Od.
Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.

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