Byrða
Old Norse Dictionary - byrða
Meaning of Old Norse word "byrða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word byrða can mean:byrða
- byrða
- 1. ð,
- byrða
- I. [borði], to embroider, Gkv. 2. 16.
- byrða
- II. [borð], to board, in compds = sí-byrða, inn-byrða, to pull on board; þykkbyrt, FmS. viii. 139.
- byrða
- 2. u, f. a large trough, Stj. MS. 127, Ed. 178 reads bryðjum, N. G. L. i. 255, B. K. 52.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚱᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- v.
- vide.
- f.
- feminine.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- B. K.
- Björgynjar Kálfskinn. (J. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)