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Where does “birkebeiner” come from?

birkebeiner (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse birkibeinn.

birkebeiner (Norwegian Bokmål): A participant in an uprising in the 1170s Norway,...

Definitions

  1. A participant in an uprising in the 1170s Norway,...

Ancestry of “birkebeiner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebirkibeinn—
Every word from Old Norse birkibeinn →