BIRGJA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

BIRGJA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 BIRGJA

ð, to furnish, provide; skal ek víst b. hann at nökkuru, Nj. 73; segir Sigurðr, at hann mun b. þá með nökkuru móti, Fær. 237; hann birgði þá ok um búfé, Ld. 144; nú vil ek b. bú þitt at málnytu í sumar, Hrafn. 9. [In the Edd. sometimes wrongly spelt with y, as it is quite different from byrgja, to enclose.]

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᚱᚴᛁᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

gl: glossary.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
n.: neuter.

Works & Authors

Fær.: Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Hrafn.: Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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