Fornnordisk ordboksanteckning

Bjarg-vættr

Fornnordisk ordboksanteckning

Definitioner

1 Definitioner

1 bjarg-vættr

f. (in mod. usage m.), [bjarg, mons, or bjarga, servare], a helping friendly sprite, a good genius, answering to the Christian good angel; according to the heathen belief, the country, esp. hills and mountains, were inhabited by such beings; in the northern creed the bjargvætter are generally a kind of giant of the gentler kind: in mod. usage, a supporter, helper in need; muntu verða mér hinn mesti (masc.) b., Fas. ii. 438, vellum MS. of 15th century; en mesta (fem.) b., Bárð. 168, new Ed. 12.

Liknande ord

Runskrift

bjarg-vættr

Möjlig runskrift i yngre futhark

Runtexten ovan representerar det fornnordiska ordet "bjarg-vættr" som det kan visas i runinskrifter från vikingatiden (ca. 800-1100 e.Kr.).

Använda förkortningar

Vanliga förkortningar

ch: chapter.
esp: especially.
esp.: especially.
f.: feminine.
fem.: feminine.
m.: masculine.
masc.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
p.: page.
S.: South, Southern.
vellum: vellum.

Verk & Författare

Bárð.: Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

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