Byrsta

Old Icelandic Dictionary - byrsta

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "byrsta" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

byrsta Old Icelandic word can mean:

byrsta
(-sta, -str), v.
byrsta
1) to furnish with bristles;
byrsta
2) to cover as with bristles; borg gulli byrst, with the gablehead mounted with gold;
byrsta
3) refl., ~st, to bristle up, to show anger.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚱᛋᛏᛅ

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