Brana
Dictionnaire vieux norrois - brana
Signification du mot vieux norrois "brana"
Comme défini par le dictionnaire vieux norrois-anglais de Cleasby & Vigfusson :
- 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.
Inscription runique possible en futhark jeune :ᛒᚱᛅᚾᛅ
Les runes du futhark jeune ont été utilisées du 8ème au 12ème siècle en Scandinavie et dans leurs colonies à l'étranger
Abréviations utilisées :
- botan.
- botanically.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Œuvres & Auteurs cités :
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.