Bjarnar-slátr

Old Norse Dictionary - bjarnar-slátr

Meaning of Old Norse word "bjarnar-slátr" in English.

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

bjarnar-slátr: n. meat of a slaughtered bear, Fas. i. 54: botan., Ivar Aasen records bjonnabær, rubus caesius; bjonnakamb, osmunda spicans; bjonnmosa, polytrichum commune. For popular tales of the bear vide Ísl. Þjóðs. i. 608–611.

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

Abbreviations used:

botan.: botanically.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

Ísl. Þjóðs.: Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.

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