Birkja
Old Norse Dictionary - birkja
Meaning of Old Norse word "birkja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word birkja can mean:birkja
- birkja
- 1. t, to bark, strip; b. við, Jb. 235, Stj. 177; cp. Gkv. 2. 12, birkinn viðr (= birki viðr?), Fms. viii. 33; b. hest, to flay a horse.
- birkja
- 2. u, f. [Ivar Aasen byrkja], the sap of a young birch, sap, got by boring a hole in the bark and sucking; þeir átu safa ok sugu birkju við, they chewed the sprouts and sucked birch sap with it, Fms. viii. 33.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚱᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- v.
- vide.
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.