Belg-bera

Old Norse Dictionary - belg-bera

Meaning of Old Norse word "belg-bera"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

belg-bera
u, f. a ‘wallet-bearer,’ a beggar, wretch, in swearing; vándar belgberur, wretches! Nj. 142, v. 1., or a monster, v. the following word.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᛚᚴ-ᛒᛁᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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