Bersi
Old Norse Dictionary - bersi
Meaning of Old Norse word "bersi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bersi
- a, m. a bear, Grett. 101 A, Fas. ii. 517, Sd. 165, Finnb. 246: the phrase, at taka sér bersa-leyfi, to take bear’s leave, i. e. to ask nobody (cp. ‘to take French leave’): freq. as a nom. pr., and hence in Icel. local names.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚱᛋᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- nom.
- nominative.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)