Bjúgr
Old Norse Dictionary - bjúgr
Meaning of Old Norse word "bjúgr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bjúgr
- adj. bowed, hooked, crooked, bent; fætr lágu bjúgir við lendar, Hom. 114; með bjúgum þornum, SkS. 419; hann var b. á baki, he sat bent or bowed (from age) on horseback, FS. 183; b. í vexti, Eg. 710; með bjúgum hring, SkS. 198, Rb. 344, Band. 9: metaph., hvárt er yðr þykir bjúgt eðr beint (MS. brátt), whether it seems to you crooked or straight, i. e. whether you like it or not, FmS. viii, 436: cp. boginn, baugr, etc.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- i. e.
- id est.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Band.
- Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)