Bar-átta
Old Norse Dictionary - bar-átta
Meaning of Old Norse word "bar-átta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word bar-átta can mean:bar-átta
- bar-átta
- u, f. [North. E. barett obsolete], gener. a fight, contest:
- bar-átta
- α. a row, Gþl. 176.
- bar-átta
- β. a fight, battle, Fas. i. 26.
- bar-átta
- γ. now freq., esp. = strife, contest.
- bar-átta
- COMPDS: baráttumaðr, baráttusamr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚱ-ᛅᛏᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gener.
- generally.
- North. E.
- Northern English.
- l.
- line.
- esp.
- especially.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)