Byrsta
Old Norse Dictionary - byrsta
Meaning of Old Norse word "byrsta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word byrsta can mean:byrsta
- byrsta
- t, [bursti], to furnish with bristles or spikes, Sks. 418; gulli byrstr, Fas. i. 184.
- byrsta
- 2. metaph. the phrase, b. sik or byrstask, to raise the bristles, to shew anger, Fms. ii. 174, Finnb. 248, Pass. 26. I.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚱᛋᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.