Járn-burðr
Old Norse Dictionary - járn-burðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "járn-burðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- járn-burðr
- m. iron-bearing, the ordeal of carrying hot iron, mid. Lat. ferrum candens, for references see bera A. III. 1.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛅᚱᚾ-ᛒᚢᚱᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. Lat.
- middle Latin.