Byrr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - byrrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "byrr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
byrr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- byrr
- (-jar, -ir), m. fair wind;
- byrr
- e-m gefr vel byri (acc. pl.), one gets a fair wind;
- byrr
- bíða byrjar, liggja til byrjar, to wait, lie by, for a fair wind;
- byrr
- ~ rennr á, a fair breeze begins to blow;
- byrr
- ~ tekr at vaxa, the wind freshens.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚱᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
- acc.
- accusative.
- pl.
- plural.
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