Óska-byrr
Old Norse Dictionary - óska-byrr
Meaning of Old Norse word "óska-byrr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- óska-byrr
- m. a wind to one’s mind, a fair wind to one’s heart’s content, Hkv. 2. 30; the word may have a mythical bearing, as in the tale of Odd the Archer, who had but to hoist the sail to have a fair wind whithersoever he wished—a popular legend analogous to Homer’s Od. x.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛋᚴᛅ-ᛒᚢᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Od.
- Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.