Brana
Altnordisches Wörterbuch - brana
Bedeutung des altnordischen Wortes "brana"
Wie im Cleasby & Vigfusson Altnordisch-Englisch Wörterbuch definiert:
- brana
- u, f. a freq. name of a cow, [brana = juvenca, cited by Du Cange from old Spanish Latin deeds; it probably came into Spain with the Goths.] brönu-grös, n. pl., botan. Satyrium Albidum; in Icel. lore this flower plays the same part as the German alraun or English mandrake; the b. are also called ‘Friggjar-gras’ (Frigg = Freyja, the goddess of love), and ‘elsku-gras,’ flower of love, as it is thought to create love between man and woman, Ísl. Þjóðs. i. 648. Gen. xxx. 14.
Mögliche Runeninschrift im Jüngeren Futhark:ᛒᚱᛅᚾᛅ
Jüngere Futhark-Runen wurden vom 8. bis 12. Jahrhundert in Skandinavien und ihren überseeischen Siedlungen verwendet
Verwendete Abkürzungen:
- botan.
- botanically.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Zitierte Werke & Autoren:
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.