Birkja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Birkja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 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.

2 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.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᚱᚴᛁᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
f.: feminine.
p.: page.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gkv.: Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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