Ber
Old Norse Dictionary - ber
Meaning of Old Norse word "ber"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ber can mean:ber
- ber
- n., gen. pl. berja, dat. jum, [Goth. basi; A. S. beria; Germ.beere; cp. also the A. S. basu]:—a berry, almost always in pl., Grág. ii. 347; lesa ber, to gather berries, Jb. 310, BS. i. 135:—distinguished, vinber, the vine-berry, grape; esp. of Icel. sorts, bláber, the bleaberry, bilberry, whortleberry; aðalbláber, Vaccinium myrtillus; krækiber, empetrum; einirber, juniperus; hrútaber, rubus saxatilis; jarðarber, strawberry; sortuber or mulningr, arbutus, Hjalt.
- ber
- COMPDS: berjahrat, berjamór, berjavín.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- esp.
- especially.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hjalt.
- Hjaltalín, Icelandic Botany.
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)