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.)
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