BRANA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

BRANA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 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.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᛅᚾᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

botan.
botanically.
Engl
English.
f.
feminine.
Fr
French in etymologies.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
Germ
German.
gl
glossary.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
Lat
Latin.
n.
neuter.
part
participle.
pl.
plural.
prob
probable, probably.

Works & Authors

Ísl. Þjóðs.
Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.

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