Járn-burðr

Old Norse Dictionary - járn-burðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "járn-burðr" in English.

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

járn-burðr
m. iron-bearing, the ordeal of carrying hot iron, mid. Lat. ferrum candens, for references see bera A. III. 1.

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

Abbreviations used:

id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
mid. Lat.
middle Latin.

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