Definitionen
Definitionen
1 brýna
1. d, [brún], to whet, sharpen, ‘bring to an edge’; b. ljá, kníf, sverð, to whet a scythe, knife, sword, Edda 48, Ísl. ii. 348, Fs. 62.
2 brýna
β. naut. to drag a boat or ship half a-shore, put her on the ‘edge’ of the sea-board; b. upp skipi, Nj. 19, Fs. 145, 147, Fms. viii. 333, v. 1.
3 brýna
2. metaph. to egg on, incite, Al. 33.
4 brýna
2. u, f. whetting; mowers call ‘brýna’ the amount of mowing done before the scythe wants whetting again.
Runeninschrift
Runeninschrift
brýna
Der obige Runentext stellt das altnordische Wort "brýna" dar, wie es in Runeninschriften aus der Wikingerzeit (ca. 800-1100 n. Chr.) erscheinen könnte.