Björg

Old Norwegian Dictionary - björg

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "björg" (or bjǫrg) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

björg (bjǫrg): björg, f. (G. bjargar, N. Pl. bjargir)Hjælp i Alm. Flat. II, 38833 (Hom.15714); kalla til bjargar sér dvs. raabeom Hjælp, Fm. IV, 339; men ogsaa iSærdeleshed om a) den Hjelp som ydesen Drabsmand, fredløs, ved at giveham Husly, Underholdning; veita e-mbjörg, einnar nætr björg Laxd. 14;skógarmanns björg GrG. I, 785. 95 fg.12210 fg. 1242; björg við e-n dvs. som ydesen, Sturl. I, 4410. b) det Middel hvor-ved en kan bevirke sin Frifindelse i enRetssag: lögmæt björg GrG. I, 7814.c) det hvormed man kan hjælpe sig tilLivs Ophold: 4 missara björg GrG. I,2348.

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, björg may be more accurately written as bjǫrg.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᛁᚯᚱᚵ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

Alm.: Almindelighev.

f.: Feminin.

fg.: følgende.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

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