Byrgi
Old Norse Dictionary - byrgi
Meaning of Old Norse word "byrgi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word byrgi can mean:byrgi
- byrgi
- n. [borg; A. S. byrgen = sepulcrum], an enclosure, fence, Eb. 132; helvítis byrgi, the gates of hell, Stj. 420, Post. 656 C. 6: metaph., b. hugar = hugborg, the breast, Hom. 148.
- byrgi
- COMPDS: byrgiskona, byrgisskapr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚱᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)