Björn

Dizionario Old Norse - björn

Significato della parola Old Norse "björn" (o bjǫrn)

Come definito dal dizionario Old Norse to English di Cleasby & Vigfusson:

La parola Old Norse björn può significare:björn

björn (bjǫrn)
m., gen. bjarnar; dat. birni, pl. n. birnir; acc. Björnu, mod. birni, [an enlarged form, cp. Goth, biari, by which word Ulf. renders the Gr. θηρίον, Titus i. 12; A. S. bera; Engl. bear; Germ. bär; but Swed. and Dan. björn]:—a bear; hvíta-Björn, the white bear or ice-bear; and skóg-Björn, híð-Björn, við-Björn, the black bear or wood-bear, Germ. wald-bär; the ice-bear was unknown in Europe till the discovery of Iceland at the end of the 9th, and Greenland at the end of the 10th century. The very first ice-bear was brought to Europe by Ingimund the Old as a gift to the king of Norway about A. D. 900, Landn., FS. (Vd.) 27; Isleif, the first bishop of Iceland, also brought one as a present to the German emperor about A. D. 1050, BS. i. 61, Hv. ch. 2; cp. the little story of Audun in FmS. vi. 297–307, SkS. 186, Sturl. iii. 82, Grág. ii. 181, Am. 17, where a hvítaBjörn is mentioned, FS. (Flóam. S.) 148; as to the black bear, vide esp. Grett. ch. 23, Finnb. ch. 11, Glúm. ch. 3, FaS. i. 50; cp. an interesting paper, ‘Waldbär und Wasserbär,’ by Konrad Maurer, upon this subject; winter is called ‘the bear’s night;’ hence the saying, ‘löng er bjarnar-nótt;’ cp. langar eigu þeir bersi nætr, Mkv. Björn and Bjarni are freq. pr. names; also in compd. names, ÞorBjörn, ÁsBjörn; and as a prefix, Bjarngrímr, Bjarnhéðinn, etc.; vide Landn. (gl.)
björn (bjǫrn)
COMPDS: bjarnarbroddr, bjarnarhamr, bjarnarhíð, bjarnarhold, bjarnarhrammr, bjarnarslátr.

Ortografia: Il libro di Cleasby & Vigfusson ha usato la lettera ö per rappresentare la vocale originale ǫ dell'antico norreno. Pertanto, björn potrebbe essere scritto in modo più accurato come bjǫrn.

Possibile iscrizione runica in Fuþark recente:ᛒᛁᚢᚱᚾ
Le rune Fuþark recenti sono state utilizzate dal 8° al 12° secolo in Scandinavia e nei loro insediamenti all'estero

Abbreviazioni usate:

acc.
accusative.
A. D.
Anno Domini.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
ch.
chapter.
compd.
compound.
cp.
compare.
Dan.
Danish.
dat.
dative.
Engl.
English.
esp.
especially.
etc.
et cetera.
f.
feminine.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
gen.
genitive.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
Gr.
Greek.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
pr.
proper, properly.
S.
Saga.
Swed.
Swedish.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
v.
vide.

Opere & Autori citati:

Am.
Atla-mál. (A. II.)
Bjarni
Bjarni Thorarinson.
Björn
Biörn Halldórsson.
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Finnb.
Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
Flóam. S.
Flóamanna Saga. (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Glúm.
Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Hv.
Hungr-vaka. (D. III)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Mkv.
Málshátta-kvæði. (A. III.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Vd.
Vatnsdæla Saga. (D. II.)
➞ Vedi tutte le opere citate nel dizionario

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