Borr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Borr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

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.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᚱᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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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