Óska-byrr

Old Norse Dictionary - óska-byrr

Meaning of Old Norse word "óska-byrr" in English.

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

óska-byrr
m. a wind to one’s mind, a fair wind to one’s heart’s content, Hkv. 2. 30; the word may have a mythical bearing, as in the tale of Odd the Archer, who had but to hoist the sail to have a fair wind whithersoever he wished—a popular legend analogous to Homer’s Od. x.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Hkv.
Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Od.
Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.
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