Byrja

Old Norwegian Dictionary - byrja

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "byrja" in Norwegian.

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

byrja: byrja, v. (að) 1) henhøre til noget, tilhøre, = heyra 2; med Præp. til Kgs. 1330;Anecd. 913. 2) tilkomme, saavel om Ret-tighed som om Pligt (jvf bera 1, heyra5); med Personen, som noget tilkommer,i Dativ: Grg. II, 14213; Fm. VII, 250;Post. 617; Kgs. 331. 33; ogsaa med Per-sonen i Akk.: takandi eptir föður okmóður allskyns eignir fastar ok lausarsem fullríkan mann byrjar Mar. 28212;svá byrjar alla kristna menn - atlíta stjörnu þessa Mariam Mar. 6843.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᛦᚱᛁᛆ
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:

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.