BRINGA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

BRINGA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 BRINGA

u, f., Lat. sternum, the chest (brjóst, pectus), Nj. 24, Eb. 182, Eg. 719: the phrase, e-m skýtr skelk í bringu, one gets frightened, Eg. 49, Fb. i. 418.

2 BRINGA

β. the breast-piece, brisket, Stj. 310. Exod. xxx. 27, = bringu-kollr.

3 BRINGA

γ. metaph. a soft grassy slope, hence Gull-bringur, the golden slopes, whence Gullbringu sýsla in Icel.

4 BRINGA

COMPDS: bringubein, bringubreiðr, bringukollr, bringusár, bringuteinar.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᛁᚾᚴᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
f.
feminine.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
Linnæus.
Lat
Latin.
Lat.
Latin.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.

Works & Authors

Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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