Bekri

Old Norse Dictionary - bekri

Meaning of Old Norse word "bekri" in English.

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

bekri
a, m. a ram, Lex. Poët.; in prose in the form, brjóta bekkrann, to break the ram’s neck, Grett. 149: now also bekra, að, to bleat, Dan. bræge (rare).

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.
Danish.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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