Bifast
Old Norse Dictionary - bifast
Meaning of Old Norse word "bifast"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word bifast can mean:bifast
- bifast
- ð, mod. að, dep. [Gr. φεβ-, φόβος, cp. Lat. paveo, febris; A. S. beofan; Germ. beben], to shake, to tremble:
- bifast
- 1. in old writers only dep., bifðisk, Þkv. 13, Hkv. 23, Þd. 17; bifaðist, Gísl. 60, Grett. 114: to fear, en þó bifast aldri hjartað, Al. 80.
- bifast
- 2. in mod. usage also act. to move, of something very heavy, with dat., e. g. eg gat ekki bifað því, I could not move it.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚠᛅᛋᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- dep.
- deponent.
- Germ.
- German.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- S.
- Saga.
- l.
- line.
- v.
- vide.
- act.
- active.
- dat.
- dative.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Þd.
- Þórs-drápa. (A. I.)
- Þkv.
- Þryms-kviða. (A. I.)