Yfir-bátr
Old Norse Dictionary - yfir-bátr
Meaning of Old Norse word "yfir-bátr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- yfir-bátr
- m. an ‘over-boat,’ but only used metaph. = a better man, as opp. to eptirbátr (q. v.), Fas. i. (in a verse).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚠᛁᚱ-ᛒᛅᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- opp.
- opposed.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)