byrr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *buriz (favorable wind). Cognate with Old English byre.

Noun

byrr m

  1. a fair wind

Declension

Descendants

References

  • byrr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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