Yrja
Old Norse Dictionary - yrja
Meaning of Old Norse word "yrja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word yrja can mean:yrja
- yrja
- 1. yr, urði, urinn, [a mod. verb formed from erja, arði, by the analogy of emja and ymja]:—to rub, scrape, scratch, esp. used in pret. part.; jörðin er öll upp urin, það er allt upp urið, of barren soil, as if shaven; the word occurs in Run. Gramm. Ísland, of 1651.
- yrja
- 2. u, f., qs. ýrja, [úr = dew], a drizzling rain; sand-yrja, a quicksand, Safn i. 78; hence is again formed a verb yrja, það yrjar úr honum, it drizzles out of him, i. e. the sky; cp. ýra.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- part.
- participle.
- pret.
- preterite.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- i. e.
- id est.
- qs.
- quasi.
Works & Authors cited:
- Safn
- Safn til Sögu Islands.