Byrsta

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

t, [bursti], to furnish with bristles or spikes, Sks. 418; gulli byrstr, Fas. i. 184.

2. metaph. the phrase, b. sik or byrstask, to raise the bristles, to shew anger, Fms. ii. 174, Finnb. 248, Pass. 26. I.

ᛒᚢᚱᛋᛏᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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"Fornjóts synir eru á landi komnir"