Bodvar Bjarki

[ bawth-vahr byahr-kee ]

nounScandinavian Legend.
  1. the greatest of Rolf Kraki's heroes, often fighting in the likeness of a bear: probably identical with Beowulf.

Origin of Bodvar Bjarki

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<Old Norse Bǫthvar, equivalent to bǫth battle + herr master; Bjarki, ultimately diminutive from base of bjǫrnbear2

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