Beðr

Old Norse Dictionary - beðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "beðr" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

beðr Old Norse word can mean:

beðr: jar, m. pl. ir, [Ulf. badi; Hel. bed; A. S. bedd; Engl. bed; Germ. bett], a bed; in Icel. sæng is the common word, beðr poët. and rare; in the N. T. κράββατον is always rendered by sæng (tak sæng þína og gakk, Mark ii. 9); beðr is used in alliterative phrases, e. g. beðr eðr blaeja, Jb. 28; í beðjum eðr bólstrum, N. G. l. i. 351; deila beð ok blíðu, φιλότητι και ευνη, Od. v. 126; and mostly in the sense of bolster; saxit nam í beðinum staðar, Ld. 140, Gísl. 114: the sea-shore is poët. called sævar-beðir (sofa ek né mátta’k sævarbeðjum á, Edda 16 (in a verse); hvíl-beðr, a resting bed, Akv. 30; rísa upp við beð, to lift the body against the pillow, Bkv. 2. 23: the conjugal bed, bjóða á beð, LS. 52; sitja á beð, Gh. 19; ganga á beð e-m, to marry, 14: pl., sofa á beðjum, Hm. 96, 100: metaph. a swelling sea, lauðr var lagt í beði (acc. pl.), FmS. vi. 180 (in a verse); cp. skýbólstrar, ‘bolster-clouds,’ heavy piles of cloud.

beðr: COMPDS: beðjardýna, beðjarver.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

acc.: accusative.

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

cp.: compare.

e. g.: exempli gratia.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

Hel.: Heliand.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

pl.: plural.

poët.: poetically.

S.: Saga.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Akv.: Atla-kviða. (A. II.)

Bkv.: Brynhildar-kviða. (A. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gh.: Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Ls.: Loka-senna. (A. I.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

N. T.: New Testament.

Od.: Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.

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