Byrðingr
Old Norse Dictionary - byrðingr
Meaning of Old Norse word "byrðingr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word byrðingr can mean:byrðingr
- byrðingr
- m. [old Dan. byrthing, from byrðr], a ship of burthen, merchant-ship, Eg. 53, Nj. 281, Fær. 12, 195, 196, Fms. iv. 255, vii. 283, 286, 310, viii. 208, 274, 372, ix. 18, 44, 46, 299, 470, x. 25, xi. 430, etc.; this is the genuine Scandin. word, wilst kjóll, kuggr, karfi (q. v.) are all of foreign origin.
- byrðingr
- COMPDS: byrðingsmaðr, byrðingssegl.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚱᚦᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- v.
- vide.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)