Birting
Old Norse Dictionary - birting
Meaning of Old Norse word "birting"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word birting can mean:birting
- birting
- f.
- birting
- 1. brightness, Sks. 26, 656 A: metaph. manifestation, revelation, Th. 76, Stj. 378, Barl. 199: vision, 655 xxxii.
- birting
- 2. day-break.
- birting
- COMPD: birtingartíð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚱᛏᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)