Börr
Old Norse Dictionary - börr
Meaning of Old Norse word "börr" (or bǫrr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word börr can mean:börr
- börr (bǫrr)
- m. a kind of tree, Edda (Gl.), Lex. Poët.
- börr (bǫrr)
- II. a son = burr.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, börr may be more accurately written as bǫrr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.