Byrja
Old Icelandic Dictionary - byrjaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "byrja" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
byrja Old Icelandic word can mean:
- byrja
- I)
- byrja
- (að), v.
- byrja
- 1) to originate (ór himninum ~st öll gœzka);
- byrja
- 2) to beget esp. in pass., ~st, to be begotten (á þeirri sömu nótt sem hann ~ðist);
- byrja
- 3) to enter upon, begin;
- byrja
- ~ ferð sína, to begin one’s journey;
- byrja
- 4) ~ mál es, to plead (support) one’s cause (ek skal ~ þitt mál sem ek kann);
- byrja
- ~ rœðu, to deliver a speech (= flytja rœðu);
- byrja
- hefir þú fram ~t (stated) erendi þitt.
- byrja
- II)
- byrja
- (að), v. impers. with dat. to behove, beseem;
- byrja
- sem ~ (as it behoves) hlýðnum syni;
- byrja
- sem þeim ~ði at manntali, in due proportion to their number.
- byrja
- III)
- byrja
- (að), v. impers., em ~r vel (illa), one gets fair (foul) wind (~ði þeim vel um haustit).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚱᛁᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- pass.
- passive.
- dat.
- dative.
- impers.
- impersonal.
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