Ör-birgð

Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-birgð" (or ǫr-birgð)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

ör-birgð (ǫr-birgð)

f. = Lat. inopia, lack of means, destitution.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ör-birgð may be more accurately written as ǫr-birgð.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱ-ᛒᛁᚱᚴᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements