Steina-brú

Signification du mot vieux norrois "steina-brú"

Comme défini par le dictionnaire vieux norrois-anglais de Cleasby & Vigfusson :

steina-brú

f. a stone-bridge, stone-arch, a natural one, not made by human hands, hence the phrase, gamall sem steinabrú, old as a stone bridge = ‘stone-old,’ Fas. iii. 61, cp. Ht. (fine): the very phrase shews the ancient Scandinavians, like the old Germans, knew not the arch, as their buildings were all of wood, cp. Tacit. Germ. 16, Herodian. vii. 2: indeed, stone masonry first became known after the introduction of Christianity.

Inscription runique possible en futhark jeune :ᛋᛏᛁᛁᚾᛅ-ᛒᚱᚢ
Les runes du futhark jeune ont été utilisées du 8ème au 12ème siècle en Scandinavie et dans leurs colonies à l'étranger