bjarga

From Old Norse bjarga, from Proto-Germanic *berganą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-.

bjarga (third person singular past indicative bjargaði, third person plural past indicative bjargaðu, supine bjargað)

1. to save, to rescue

   at bjarga heimin

   to save the world

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjarka/
• Rhymes: -arka

From Old Norse bjarga, from Proto-Germanic *berganą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-.

bjarga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bjargaði, supine bjargað) or
(archaic) bjarga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative barg, third-person plural past indicative burgu, supine borgið)

1. to save, rescue [with dative]
2. to take care of, handle (something that came up or something that needs to be done) [with dative]
3. (reflexive) to sustain oneself, make a living [with dative]
4. (reflexive) to manage, get along [with dative]
5. (mediopassive) to sustain oneself, make a living
6. (mediopassive) to survive, be saved, escape death or calamity
7. (mediopassive, describing a situation) to turn out all right, to get resolved

or

bjarga

1. indefinite genitive plural of björg

bjarga

1. indefinite genitive plural of bjarg

From Proto-Germanic *berganą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-.

bjarga (singular past indicative barg, plural past indicative burgu, past participle borginn)

1. to save, rescue [with dative]

• Icelandic: bjarga
• Faroese: bjarga
• Norwegian: berge
• Old Swedish: biærgha
  • Swedish: bärga (partly)
• Old Danish: biærghæ
  • Danish: bjærge

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bjarga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive