Beyrsta
Old Norse Dictionary - beyrsta
Meaning of Old Norse word "beyrsta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- beyrsta
- and beysta, t, [old Dan. börste; Swed. bösta], to bruise, beat; b. korn, to thresh, Fms. xi. 272; the alliterated phrases, berja ok b., to flog, Hom. 119; b. ok bíta, Grág. ii. 118; b. bakföllum, to pull hard, beat the waves with the oars, Am. 35.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚢᚱᛋᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)