bjartr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *berhtaz, whence also Old English beorht, Old Saxon berht, Old High German beraht, Gothic πŒ±πŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒ·π„πƒ (bairhts).

Adjective

bjartr

  1. bright

Descendants
  • Icelandic: bjartur
  • Faroese: bjartur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bjart
  • Westrobothnian: bjett
  • Old Swedish: biΓ¦rter
    • Swedish: bjΓ€rt
  • Danish: bjΓ¦rt, bΓ¦rt

References
  • bjartr in Geir T. ZoΓ«ga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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