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Borr

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Definitions

2 definitions

1 borr

m. (com. bor-járn, n.), a borer; stórviðar-borr, skipa-borr, Od. ix. 384: metaph. the pipe of a marrow-bone, Eg. (in a verse).

2 borr

II. a less correct form of börr, q. v.
Similar Words

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

borr

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "borr" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
n.
neuter.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Od.
Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.

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