Biða
Old Norse Dictionary - biða
Meaning of Old Norse word "biða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word biða can mean:biða
- biða
- 1. að, to bide a bit, Stj. 298, Bs. ii. 123: with gen. (= bíða), ok biðuðu þeirra, Fagrsk. 138, Nj. (Lat.) 110 note k, 135 note o.
- biða
- 2. u, f. a big chest; the phrase, þylja e-ð í belg eða biðu, Bs. ii. 425.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- gen.
- genitive.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)