Jór-bjúg

Old Norse Dictionary - jór-bjúg

Meaning of Old Norse word "jór-bjúg" in English.

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

jór-bjúg
or rather jór-bjúga, n. [from jöfur, a boar, and bjúga, q. v.]:—a kind of sausage (?), a απ. λεγ., Gkv. 2. 24, referring to iðrar blótnar and svíns-lifr soðin in the preceding verse.

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

Abbreviations used:

απ. λεγ.
απαξ. λεγόμενον.
n.
neuter.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Gkv.
Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
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