Bekri
Old Norse Dictionary - bekri
Meaning of Old Norse word "bekri"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bekri
- a, m. a ram, Lex. Poët.; in prose in the form, brjóta bekkrann, to break the ram’s neck, Grett. 149: now also bekra, að, to bleat, Dan. bræge (rare).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚴᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.