BARAR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

BARAR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 BARAR

mod. börur, f. pl. [A. S. bär; Hel. bara; Engl. bier and barrow; Lat. feretrum], a hand-bier; borinn í börum um fjallit, Fms. vii. 9, Bs. i. 352: sometimes to be carried on horseback (by two horses), báru þeir Guðmund í börum suðr til Hvítár, … bararnar hrutu ofan, Bs. i. 508 (Sturl. ii. 49 C spells barir): esp. the funeral bier, hearse, to be carried on horseback, lagði þegar kistuna í bunar barar, 655 xxii, Fms. x. 149; mæddust hestarnir undir börunum, Finnb. 322, cp. líkbörur; now also liggja á nátrjám (nátré) in like sense. The sing. in D. N. i. no. 70 is perh. a bad reading.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛅᚱᛅᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
esp: especially.
esp.: especially.
f.: feminine.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Hel.: Heliand.
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
lit: literally.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
no.: number.
p.: page.
perh.: perhaps.
pl.: plural.
S.: South, Southern.
sing: singular.
sing.: singular.

Works & Authors

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Finnb.: Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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