Berr
Old Norse Dictionary - berr
Meaning of Old Norse word "berr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word berr can mean:berr
- berr
- adj. [A. S. bär; Engl. bare; Germ. bar; Slav. bos; Litt. bosus; the Goth word is not on record, but was prob. sounded basus; the radical form is b-s, not b-r, and it is consequently different from Lat. -perio (in aperio), or bera, ferre, v. Grimm S. v.];:—Lat. nudus, bare, naked; albrynjaðr svá at ekki var bert nema augun, FmS. vii. 45; beran vápnastað, Nj. 9; undir berum himni, under the bare sky, in open air, sub dio, Karl. 544; á beru svæði, in open field; ber sverð, naked swords, FmS. i. 266; ríða berum hestum = berbakt, Dl. ii.
- berr
- 2. metaph. naked, unprotected, Grág. ii. 8; berr er hverr á baki nema sér bróður eigi (a proverb), Nj. 265.
- berr
- β. uncovered, open, clear, manifest; segja með berum orðum, in clear words, Stj. 447; verða berr at e-u, to be convicted of a thing, 656 A, 25; berar jartegnir, FmS. ii. 221; góran sik beran at e-u, to shew openly, mostly in a bad sense, xi. 55; vóru berastir í því Þrændir, the Th. were most undisguised in it, Hkr. ii. 57; göra bert, to make known, lay bare, FmS. i. 32, vii. 195.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- Litt.
- Littonian.
- m.
- masculine.
- prob.
- probably.
- S.
- Saga.
- Slav.
- Slavonic.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)