Barar
Old Norse Dictionary - bararMeaning of Old Norse word "barar" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- barar
- mod. börur, f. pl. [A. S. bär; Hel. bara; Engl. bier and barrow; Lat. feretrum], a hand-bier; borinn í börum um fjallit, FmS. vii. 9, BS. i. 352: sometimes to be carried on horseback (by two horses), báru þeir Guðmund í börum suðr til Hvítár, … bararnar hrutu ofan, BS. i. 508 (Sturl. ii. 49 C spells barir): esp. the funeral bier, hearse, to be carried on horseback, lagði þegar kistuna í bunar barar, 655 xxii, FmS. x. 149; mæddust hestarnir undir börunum, Finnb. 322, cp. líkbörur; now also liggja á nátrjám (nátré) in like sense. The sing. in D. N. i. no. 70 is perh. a bad reading.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚱᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- mod.
- modern.
- no.
- number.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- sing.
- singular.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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