Björn

Old Norwegian Dictionary - björn

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "björn" (or bjǫrn) in Norwegian.

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

björn (bjǫrn): björn, m. (G. bjarnar, N. Pl. birnir, A.Pl. björnu) Bjørn (saavel hvítabjörnsom híðbjörn, skógbjörn, urðbjörn, við-björn; Hannen: bersi, bessi, Hunnen:birna, Ungen: húnn); björn er þarok á því landi (dvs. Grœnalandi) ok erhvítr, ok ætla menn, at hann fœðist áþví landi, því at hann hefir allt aðranáttúru en svartir birnir, er í skógumganga Kgs. 144 fg; Hm. 85; Ghe. 11;Hund. 2, 7; OH. 218; Flat. I, 1335;beitast birni við e-n dvs. optræde paafiendtlig Maade mod en, Flat. III, 31927;Arni biskup gengr sem björn á hvatsem fyrir verðr, en Jörundr biskuper slœgr sem refr Bp. I, 75034.

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᛁᚯᚱᚿ
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:

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

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