Mót-bára
Old Norse Dictionary - mót-bára
Meaning of Old Norse word "mót-bára"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- mót-bára
- u, f. a ‘counter-wave:’ metaph. an objection, Thom. 42, Bs. ii. 42, Karl. 543.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᛏ-ᛒᛅᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)