Hand-björg
Old Norse Dictionary - hand-björg
Meaning of Old Norse word "hand-björg" (or hand-bjǫrg)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hand-björg (hand-bjǫrg)
- f. ‘hand-supply;’ esp. in phrases, lifa við h. sína, to live from hand to mouth, Fas. iii. 538; eiga allt undir h. sinni, id., Róm. 290; færa e-n fram með h. sinni, to support a person by one’s labour, Jb. 267; whence handbjargar-úmagi, a, m. (-maðr, m.), a person supported by another’s labour, id.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, hand-björg may be more accurately written as hand-bjǫrg.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚾᛏ-ᛒᛁᚢᚱᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)