Burðr

Old Norse Dictionary - burðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "burðr" in English.

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

burðr Old Norse word can mean:

burðr: ar, m. pl. ir, [Engl. birth; Hel. giburd; Germ. geburt; cp. bera A. II]:—birth, esp. of the birth of Christ; frá Guðs, Drottins, Krists burði, BS. i. 112, 145, 158, 173; frá hingað-burði Christi, id., 64, 75, 79, 85; til burðar Christi, Rb. 84: of men, sótt burðar = jóðsótt, labours, K. Á. 104.

burðr: 2. of domestic animals, calving, lambing, hence sauð-burðr, the lambing-time; þeim kúm er bezt búast til burðar, BS. i. 194.

burðr: 3. birth, the thing born, an embryo; Fíllinn gengr tvö ár með burðinum, Stj. 70; at þær (viz. the ewes) skyldi sinn burð geta, 178; fæða sinn burð, 97; með konum leysisk burðr (abort), BS. i. 798.

burðr: 4. in pl. birth, extraction; heiðinn at burðum (MS. sing.), heathen by birth, Ver. 40; burðir ok ætt, kith and kin, FmS. i. 83; er ekki er til Noregs kominn fyrir burða sakir, ix. 389; Hákon jarl hafði burði til þess, at halda foðurleifð sinni, ok hafa jarlsnafn, i. 223; þykkjumk ek hafa til þess burði ok frænda styrk, Eg. 474; hence in mod. usage burðir means one’s ‘physique,’ strength; burðamaðr mikill, a mighty strong man; hafa litla burði, to have little strength; yfir-burðir, superior strength (cp. bera yfir), and afburðir, q. v.

burðr: II. the bearing of limbs, body; lima-burðr, fóta-burðr, höfuð-burðr.

burðr: III. [bera C], the compds at-burðr, við-burðr, til-burðr, hop, accident; fyrir-burðr, vision.

burðr: IV. answering to bera A. I, vide byrðr, and compds like á-burðr.

burðr: β. saman-burðr, comparison.

burðr: COMPDS: burðamunr, burðardagr, burðarmaðr, burðarsveinn, burðartími.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

Engl.: English.

esp.: especially.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

Hel.: Heliand.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

pl.: plural.

viz.: namely.

mod.: modern.

q. v.: quod vide.

S.: Saga.

sing.: singular.

v.: vide.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

K. Á.: Kristinn-réttr Árna biskups. (B. III.)

Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Ver.: Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)

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