Brasa

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Brasa

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 brasa

að, to braze (Shakesp.), to harden in the fire: cp. brösur, f. pl. in the metaph. phrase, eiga í brösum, to be always in the fire, always quarrelling.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᛅᛋᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
esp
especially.
esp.
especially.
f.
feminine.
l.
Linnæus.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
p.
page.
pl.
plural.

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