Definitions
Definitions
1 yrja
1. yr, urði, urinn, [a mod. verb formed from erja, arði, by the analogy of emja and ymja]:—to rub, scrape, scratch, esp. used in pret. part.; jörðin er öll upp urin, það er allt upp urið, of barren soil, as if shaven; the word occurs in Run. Gramm. Ísland, of 1651.
2 yrja
2. u, f., qs. ýrja, [úr = dew], a drizzling rain; sand-yrja, a quicksand, Safn i. 78; hence is again formed a verb yrja, það yrjar úr honum, it drizzles out of him, i. e. the sky; cp. ýra.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
yrja
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "yrja" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).