Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Bjarnar-slátr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 definitions

1 bjarnar-slátr

n. meat of a slaughtered bear, Fas. i. 54: botan., Ivar Aasen records bjonnabær, rubus caesius; bjonnakamb, osmunda spicans; bjonnmosa, polytrichum commune. For popular tales of the bear vide Ísl. Þjóðs. i. 608–611.

Similar Words

babbl
bág-lundr
bág-ráðr
bág-rækr
BAGALL

Runic Inscription

bjarnar-slátr

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

botan.: botanically.
ch: chapter.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
n.: neuter.

Works & Authors

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Ísl. Þjóðs.: Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

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