Brá

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Brá

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 brá

ð, to intermit, give relief, of intense pain, grief, illness; only in the phrase, það bráir af.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
dat.
dative.
Engl
English.
Engl.
English.
etc.
et cetera.
f.
feminine.
gen.
genitive.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
gl
glossary.
gl.
glossary.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
nom.
nominative.
p.
page.
pl.
plural.
S.
South, Southern.
sing
singular.
sing.
singular.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.

Works & Authors

Ad.
Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Ísl. Þjóðs.
Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Vþm.
Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)
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