Brísingr
Diccionario de Nórdico Antiguo - brísingr
Significado de la palabra en nórdico antiguo "brísingr"
Según el diccionario inglés de nórdico antiguo de Cleasby & Vigfusson:
- brísingr
- m. [cp. Fr. braise], fire, poët.,—an interesting mythol. word, now unknown in Icel., except in the adj. brís-heitr, fire-hot, used in the same connection as fun-heitr, q. v. In Norway brising is any beacon or bale-fire, e. g. Jonsoko-brising = the fire kindled on the 24th of June, (in the Alps called Johannis-feuer.) In olden times the necklace of Freyja was called Brísinga-men, n. the flame-necklace; it was said to be hidden in the deep sea; Loki and Heimdal fought at the rock Singa-stone for this necklace; this ancient legend was represented on the roof of the hall at Hjarðarholt, and treated in the poem Húsdrápa, Ld., Edda.
Posible inscripción rúnica en futhark joven:ᛒᚱᛁᛋᛁᚾᚴᚱ
Las runas del futhark joven se utilizaron desde el siglo VIII hasta el XII en Escandinavia y sus asentamientos en el extranjero
Abreviaciones utilizadas:
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mythol.
- mythology, mythologically.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Obras & Autores citados:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)