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.)