Yrja

Old Norse Dictionary - yrja

Meaning of Old Norse word "yrja" in English.

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

yrja Old Norse word can mean:

yrja
1. yr, urði, urinn, [a mod. verb formed from erja, arði, by the analogy of emja and ymja]:—to rub, scrape, scratch, esp. used in pret. part.; jörðin er öll upp urin, það er allt upp urið, of barren soil, as if shaven; the word occurs in Run. Gramm. Ísland, of 1651.
yrja
2. u, f., qs. ýrja, [úr = dew], a drizzling rain; sand-yrja, a quicksand, Safn i. 78; hence is again formed a verb yrja, það yrjar úr honum, it drizzles out of him, i. e. the sky; cp. ýra.

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

Abbreviations used:

esp.
especially.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
part.
participle.
pret.
preterite.
cp.
compare.
f.
feminine.
i. e.
id est.
qs.
quasi.

Works & Authors cited:

Safn
Safn til Sögu Islands.
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