Bjóðr
Old Norse Dictionary - bjóðrMeaning of Old Norse word "bjóðr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
bjóðr Old Norse word can mean:
- bjóðr
- m.; as the word is used masc. in A. S. as well as in Ulf., we have in Haustl. 5 to alter breiðu bjóði into breiðum bjóði; [Ulf. biuds = τράπεζα; A. S. beôd; Hel. biod; O. H. G. biud.]
- bjóðr
- I. Lat. mensa, a table, Rm. 4, 28, 29, Haustl. l. c.
- bjóðr
- II. soil, ground, cp. the Fr. plateau; á Engla bjóð, on English ground, Höfuðl. 2; áðr Börs synir bjóðum um ypðu, Vsp. 4.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- masc.
- masculine.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- cp.
- compare.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
Works & Authors cited:
- Haustl.
- Haustlöng. (A. I.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Höfuðl.
- Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)