Sí-byrða
Old Norse Dictionary - sí-byrða
Meaning of Old Norse word "sí-byrða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sí-byrða
- ð, to lay ships alongside, broadside to broadside, in a sea-fight; þeir síbyrðu við öllum skipunum, Orkn. 362; síbyrði hann þar við Járnbarðann, Fms. ii. 317; jarl lá ávallt síbyrt við skipin, i. 174, ii. 317, x. 358.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁ-ᛒᚢᚱᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)