Bágr
Old Norse Dictionary - bágrMeaning of Old Norse word "bágr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
bágr Old Norse word can mean:
- bágr
- 1. adj. uneasy; honum verðr bag höndin, Fas. iii. 370: eiga bágt is now in Icel. to be poor, bard up: bag-staddr, adj. distressed.
- bágr
- 2. m. [cp. Hel. bâgan = contendere, and Icel. bægja below], contest, strife, in such phrases as, fara í bag, to come athwart; for í bag með þeim, they came a cross, Bjarn. 28; í bága (pl.), Bs. i. 622; brjóta bag við e-m, to make a struggle against, Al. 49; Páll postuli braut þar helzt bag við ávalt er öðrum þótti torveldast, Post. 656 C. 24, Fms. viii. 42; koma í bága við, to come intostrife or collision with.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- cp.
- compare.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)