Upp-burðr
Old Norse Dictionary - upp-burðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "upp-burðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- upp-burðr
- m. a bringing up; uppburð ok útburð, Jb. 405: metaph. a request, Hom. 129. uppburðar-lítill, adj. shy, timid, Finnb. 300.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛒᛒ-ᛒᚢᚱᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)