Berja

Old Norse Dictionary - berja

Meaning of Old Norse word "berja"

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

Old Norse word berja can mean:berja

berja
barði, pres. berr; sup. bart, barzt, O. H. l. 24, Bret. 48, 64, Fms. v.ii. 214, 215, xi. 16, and later barit, barizt; part. fem. barið, Am. 84; barðr, fem. börð, Sturl. iii. 154; mod. barinn; either form may now be used: [Lat. ferio. The word is not found in Ulf., and seems to be unknown in Germ. and Engl.; it is lost in mod. Dan.]
berja
I. act. to strike, beat, smite, with acc., Fms. v.i. 227, Eg. 582: as a punishment, b. húð af e-m, to scourge one, n. G. l. i. 85: to thrash to death, 341; b. grjóti, to stone, of witches, Am. 84, Ld. 152, Eb. 98, Gísl. 34: to castigate, b. til batnaðar, Hkr. ii. 178; cp. the sayings, einginn verðr óbarinn biskup, and, vera barðr til bækr, Bs. i. 410; b. steinum í andlit e-m, to throw stones in one’s face, 623. 31; b. e-u saman vápnum, sverðum, skjöldum, knefum, to dash weapons … against each other, Fms. v.i. 204; b. gull, to beat gold, x. 206; sem barit gull, like beaten gold, Ísl. ii. 206; b. korn, to thresh corn, Magn. 520: metaph. to chide, scold, b. e-n illyrðum, ávítum, Nj. 64, Hom. 35:—with ‘á’, ‘at’, to knock, rap, strike, b. á hurð, á dyrr (or at dyrum), to rap, knock at a door, Th. 6; b. sér á brjóst, to smite on one’s breast, in repentance, Fms. v. 122; b. at hurðu, Sturl. iii. 153; b. til e-s, á e-m, to give one a thrashing, Dropl. 23; er þú á konum barðir, Hbl. 38; hjartað barði undir síðunni, to beat, of the heart, Str. 6 (but hjartsláttr, throbbing of the heart), in mod. use reflex., hjartað berst, hjartað barðist í brjósti heitt, Pass. 2. 12: in the phrase, b. í brestina, to cry off a bargain, the metaphor is taken from hammering the fissure of a ring or the like, in order to hide the fault, Nj. 32.
berja
II. reflex., berjask, [cp. Fr. se battre; Germ. sich schlagen], to fight, Lat. pugnare, Boll. 360, Rd. 296, Fms. x. 86, Ísl. ii. 267, Fas. i. 255, Íb. 11: of a duel, ok þat með, at vit berimk her á þinginu, Eg. 351; b. við e-n, to fight with, Fms. xi. 86; b. á e-t, Lat. oppugnare, á borgina, i. 103, vii. 93, Stj. (freq.), seems to be a Latinism; b. til e-s, to fight for a thing; at b. til Englands, to invade England, Ísl. ii. 241, v. l.; b. orrostu, Lat. pugnam pugnare, Fms. v.i. 79: of the fighting of eagles, Ísl. ii. 195.
berja
III. impers., with dat., it dashes against; skýja grjóti barði í augu þeim, the hailstones dashed in their eyes, Jd. 31; honum barði við ráfit kirkjunnar, he dashed against the roof, Bs. i. 804; þeim barði saman, they dashed against each other, id.

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.
Danish.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
fem.
feminine.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
L.
Linnæus.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
part.
participle.
pres.
present.
sup.
supine.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
acc.
accusative.
act.
active.
cp.
compare.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
pl.
plural.
reflex.
retlexive.
s. v.
sub voce.
v.
vide.
Fr.
French in etymologies.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
v. l.
varia lectio.
dat.
dative.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
impers.
impersonal.
pers.
person.

Works & Authors cited:

Am.
Atla-mál. (A. II.)
Bret.
Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
O. H. L.
Ólafs Saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Dropl.
Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Hbl.
Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Magn.
Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Pass.
Passiu-Sálmar.
Str.
Strengleikar. (G. II.)
Th.
Theophilus. (F. III.)
Boll.
Bolla-þáttr. (D. V.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fr.
Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
Íb.
Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
Rd.
Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Jd.
Jómsvíkinga-drápa. (A. III.)
➞ See all works cited in the dictionary

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