Definitionen
Definitionen
1 BRÚSI
a, m. a buck, he-goat, Edda (Gl.): name of a giant, Fms. iii. 214. In Norway (Ivar Aasen), a lock of hair on the forehead of animals is called ‘bruse.’ In Icel.
2 BRÚSI
α. an earthen jar, to keep wine or spirits in (cp. Scot. greybeard, Scott’s Monastery, ch. 9), no doubt from their being in the shape of a bearded head. This has given rise to the pretty little poem of Hallgrím called Skeggkarlsvísur, Skyldir erum við Skeggkarl tveir, a comparison between Man and Greybeard (Skeggkarl = Beard-carle); cp. leir-brúsi = brúsi; flot-brúsi, Hym. 26.
3 BRÚSI
β. a bird, columbus maximus, called so in the north of Icel., but else heimbrini, Eggert Itin. § 556.
4 BRÚSI
II. a pr. name of a man, Landn.
Runeninschrift
Runeninschrift
BRÚSI
Der obige Runentext stellt das altnordische Wort "BRÚSI" dar, wie es in Runeninschriften aus der Wikingerzeit (ca. 800-1100 n. Chr.) erscheinen könnte.