Byrðr
Old Norse Dictionary - byrðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "byrðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word byrðr can mean:byrðr
- byrðr
- (mod. byrði), f., gen. ar, pl. ar, mod. ir, [bera A. I.]:—a burthen, Nj. 19, Edda 74, Fas. ii. 514, Fms. v. 22, vi. 153, Fb. i. 74: hver einn mun sína byrði bera, Gal. vi. 5.
- byrðr
- β. metaph. a burthen, task. Fms. ix. 330; hafi sá þá byrði er hann bindr sér sjálfum, 671. 1.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚱᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)