Definitions
Definitions
1 búr-drífa
u, f. the ‘larder-drift,’ a popular legend that in the new year’s night at a certain hour there falls a drift sweet as honey, filling all larders and covering all the ground; but, unless caught at the moment, it vanishes ere morning. The tale is told in Ísl. Þjóðs. i. 571, and in a lay of Eggert Ólafsson (Búrdrífan á Nýjársnótt).
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
búr-drífa
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "búr-drífa" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).