Burst
Old Norse Dictionary - burstMeaning of Old Norse word "burst" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
burst Old Norse word can mean:
- burst
- f.
- burst
- I. [A. S. byrst, Germ. borste; Swed. bösta], a bristle, Hb. (1865) 22; but also of a hog’s back and bristles, Edda 70; cp. Gullin-bursti, Gold-bristle, the mythical hog of the god Frey; FaS. i. 532 (of the sónargöltr, the sacred hog); FmS. v. 165: the phrase, draga bust ór nefi e-m, to draw a bristle out of one’s nose, to cheat, gull one, Ölk. 36, does not occur anywhere else that we know of; the Engl. say, ‘to lead one by the nose,’ in much the same sense.
- burst
- II. metaph. the gable of a house (hús-burst), Hkr. iii. 14 (of a shrine), Mar. 106, Konr. 57; og gogginn á bustinni brýnir (of a raven sitting on the top of a house and whetting his bill), Sig. Breiðfjörð.
- burst
- COMPDS: burstakollr, burstarhár.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚱᛋᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hb.
- Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
- Ölk.
- Ölkofra-þáttr. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Konr.
- Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
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