Hornbori
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From horn (“horn”) + bora (“to bore, drill”), thus meaning “Horn-borer”.[1]
Proper noun[edit]
Hornbori m (genitive Hornbora)
Descendants[edit]
- → Icelandic: Hornbori
- → Faroese: Hornberi
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: Hornbore
- → Swedish: Hornbore
- → Danish: Hornbore
References[edit]
- ^ Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4