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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