bjartr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *berhtaz, whence also Old English beorht, Old Saxon berht, Old High German beraht, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (bairhts).

Adjective

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bjartr

  1. bright

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: bjartur
  • Faroese: bjartur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bjart
  • Old Swedish: biærter
  • Danish: bjært, bært

References

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